calf·skin

[kaf-skin, kahf-]
noun
1.
the skin or hide of a calf.
2.
leather made from this skin.

Origin:
1580–90; calf1 + skin

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calfskin (ˈkɑːfˌskɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the skin or hide of a calf
2.  Also called: calf
 a.  fine leather made from this skin
 b.  (as modifier): calfskin boots

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Example sentences
The seamless little shells, hand-crafted for comfort of soft kip-calfskin.
The shoe's calfskin leather is buttery soft, so it doesn't need to be broken in.
With little more than a touch of coral-pink calfskin, this goes from sweet to stunning.
The room smelled of new calfskin lug- gage and nail-lacquer remover.
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