sharkskin
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sharkskin (countable and uncountable, plural sharkskins)
- The skin of a shark.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 18:
- [B]ut not long after sundown we heard the booming of great sharkskin drums and, with our work done, we hurried in the direction of the music.
- A shiny fabric made from synthetic fibers.