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fishskin

[ fish-skin ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. a condom.
  2. a dollar bill.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fishskin1

1645–55, for literal sense; fish + skin

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Example Sentences

In summer their clothing is of sealskin and fishskin; and in winter it is of the thicker reindeer hides.

If you had worn a boy's coat, or a fishskin, always, I had sense enough to see that it was a saint at play.

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