maroquin

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maroquin

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From French, an alteration of marocain (“Moroccan”), where the leather was first produced. Doublet of marocain.

noun maroquins

  1. countable, dated, uncountable Leather made from goatskin. Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful server, magnificent in white silk stockings and Neapolitan-violet maroquin shoes, presented himself on the threshold in a fragrant veil of smoke.

    Similar: morocco, morocco leather

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@misc{maroquin_2026,
  title = {maroquin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maroquin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}