adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
leathery (= thick and dry )
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a lean man with leathery skin and sea-blue eyes
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
skin
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He gave the appearance of a leathery skin , thick neck, imperviousness to any delicacy.
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Are they all gym teachers with short fingernails, sensible shoes and leathery skin ?
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He was about fifty, Dexter supposed, with great soulful eyes and brown leathery skin .
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Older men and women with tanned, leathery skin power-walk.
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The resulting hybrid grows like its tomato parent hut develops a tough leathery skin .
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His large head looked ancient with its thin white hair, grizzly beard, hooked nose, red eyes, leathery skin .
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Sea-weed and patches of dark, leathery skin clung here and there to the bleached bone.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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leathery skin