rhinoceros hide
Example Sentences
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Women in politics, Roosevelt said, need ‘‘to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.’’
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2015
That girls with deep brown suntans will have skin like rhinoceros hide in 20 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then took out the rhinoceros hide, wrapped the bird inside it and burned the whole thing.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Perhaps, in her heart of hearts, she was doubtful of her power to make a silk purse out of rhinoceros hide.
From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar
They are armed, as are all others, with swords and shields; the latter are circular, and are generally formed of rhinoceros hide.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
