Sheepskin

Word SHEEPSKIN
Character 9
Hyphenation sheep skin
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sheepskin"

What do we mean by sheepskin?

The skin of a sheep either tanned with the fleece left on or in the form of leather or parchment. noun

A diploma. noun

The skin of a sheep; especially, such a skin dressed or preserved with the wool on, and used as a garment in many parts of Europe, as by peasants, shepherds, etc. noun

Leather made from the skin of a sheep. See sheep, 2. noun

A diploma, deed, or the like engrossed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. noun

The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. noun

A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. noun

The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding noun

A diploma noun

The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs etc noun

A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study noun

Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing noun

Skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on noun

The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.

A diploma.

The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.

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The word "sheepskin" in example sentences

One would have thought that the rise in the value of a sheepskin from a 30% lifetime wage premium over a high-school diploma in 1975 to a 90% premium in 2005 would have called forth an extraordinary wave of public support and public funding for investment in education that would have pushed that premium down somewhat: lots more Americans should be getting a higher education now than were getting one in the mid-1970s. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brad DeLong raises an important puzzle: One would have thought that the rise in the value of a sheepskin from a 30% lifetime wage premium over a high-school diploma in 1975 to a 90% premium in 2005 would have called ... ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is a spirit which caused people to come to Canada from every comer of the globe -- the English, the French, the men in sheepskin coats, the boat people. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The three guides were dressed in sheepskin, and had extra pulu gowns for use in storms to protect themselves from rain and hail. ❋ Unknown (1901)

January, muffled in sheepskin coat and cap, receives his bags, and goes forth alone on his terrible journey of nearly ❋ Unknown (1856)

What both design styles have in common is a cold heritage and, as a result, a love of warm materials like sheepskin, which is now appearing as upholstery. ❋ Helen Kirwan-Taylor (2011)

In order to get your diploma, one of the things you have to suffer through in order to get the sheepskin is the graduation speech. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Even in summer the sun is none too hot on this hill-top; and a sheepskin is a garment one must be used to, it appears. ❋ Anna Bowman Dodd (N/A)

It comes from the sheepskin, which is worked in, slept in, and, what is more, often inherited from a parent who had also worn it as his winter hide. ❋ Emily Burbank (N/A)

Although this factory was known as the sheepskin tannery they soon found that the skins of lambs, kids, and goats were also tanned and finished there. ❋ Sara Ware Bassett (1920)

It is with this glove (manufactured in France by a unique basket-maker of the village of Ascain) that they will have to catch, throw and hurl the pelota, -- a small ball of tightened cord covered with sheepskin, which is as hard as a wooden ball. ❋ Pierre Loti (1886)

My sheepskin is a capital thing, too: it serves me as a coat and a mattress, both. ❋ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1882)

After long waiting, he procured a Siberian wig -- that is, a sheepskin with the wool turned in, to preserve the head from the cold -- three shirts, a sheepskin bournouse, and a red velvet cap bordered with fur -- the dress of a well-to-do peasant. ❋ Thomas Wallace Knox (1865)

A common symbol linking many of the pieces on view is the Golden Fleece on the collar, a small medallion that depicts a sheepskin, which is a symbol the chivalric order. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"sheepskin" - that's what he called it & dash; then got a handshake from the principal and that was it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I thought that there was even a "sheepskin" effect from completing the last month of high school. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Never was a college graduate prouder of his "sheepskin" than the old-timer of this appellation. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The "sheepskin" answered every other purpose for trade. ❋ D. Augustus Dickert (N/A)

I GRADUATED this summer in the class of 1860, and received my "sheepskin" as a Bachelor of Arts. On my route home, at most every station a liberty pole was erected from which flags of various designs were hung, always expressing something defiant of the ❋ Unknown (1923)

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