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/dear"skin'/, n.1. the skin of a deer.2. leather made from this.3. a garment made of such leather.adj.4. made of deerskin: a deerskin jacket.[1350-1400; ME dereskin, var. of DERES SKIN. See DEER, SKIN]
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