leatherette
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leatherette¹
- /ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something); originally a trademark that has since been genericized.
noun leatherettes
- A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather. Many attempts have been made to supply a material to take the place of leather on cheap books, but hitherto nothing has been quite successful. [...] Such a material has apparently appeared in the form of "Leatherette," which is a kind of felted paper, very tough, the same colour throughout, and whic
leatherette²
- /ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns denoting (female) people).
noun leatherettes
- A person, especially a woman, who dresses in leather or imitation leather. The NYU [New York University] tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all the hiss.
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noun type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
| Español | escay, polipiel |
|---|---|
| Français | cuir artificiel, skaï |
| Deutsch | Kunstleder |
| Italiano | dermoide, ecopelle, finta pelle, similpelle, skai |
| Ελληνικά | δερματίνη dermatíni |
| Română | scai |
| Русский | дермати́н dermatín |
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title = {leatherette},
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