pigskin

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pigskin

/ˈpɪɡˌskɪn/

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Compound of pig + skin.

The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin.

noun pigskins

countable, uncountable The skin of a pig. In addition, most gelatins made today are produced from pigskins, which are not subject to this consideration.
countable, uncountable Leather made from the skin of a pig. Those killed fighting his troops would be buried in pigskins.
Similar: hoghide
US, countable, slang A football. To paraphrase a renowned pigskin philosopher, speed is not everything, it is the only thing.
Similar: gridiron football ball
countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable A white person. almost certainly some sex tourist pedophile pigskin living in vietnam
Similar: cumskin

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noun leather made from the skin of a pig

Español	piel de cerdo
Português	pele de porco
Русский	свина́я ко́жа svinája kóža

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"pigskin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pigskin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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BibTeX

@misc{pigskin_2026,
  title = {pigskin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pigskin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}