goatskin

Example Sentences

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“But at the end of the day, there’s going to be a shortage,” he said, noting that the $185 “personal size” edition of the English Standard Version in blue goatskin already has sold out.

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2021

Over the bridge, the old city’s bazaar, lined with shops selling souvenirs, trinkets, kebabs and goatskin and kilim rugs, is deserted.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2019

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Drummers beat the goatskin covers of rum barrels while a singer led a chorus in call and response.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2018

Made of goatskin and decorated with silk chain-stitch embroidery by Haight-Ashbury couturier Linda Gravenites, it is Janis Joplin’s exquisite handbag from 1967.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2017

He would look up in the middle of trimming a hedge and say, “That is good meat,” and then walk to the goatskin bag tied behind his bicycle to rummage for his catapult.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie