"leatherette" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "Many attempts have been made to supply a material to take the place of leather on cheap books, but hitherto nothing has been quite successful. [...] Such a material has apparently appeared in the form of \"Leatherette,\" which is a kind of felted paper, very tough, the same colour throughout, and which may be grained to imitate leather; indeed, the imitation is so close, both in appearance and in feel, that only a practised eye can perceive that it is not leather.",
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          "ref": "1894 September 1, Walter J. Kenyon, “Paper and Cardboard Sloyd. VIII.”, in The School Journal: A Weekly Journal of Education, volume XLIX, number 7, New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill.: E. L. Kellogg & Co., →OCLC, page 157",
          "text": "Material.—A rather stiff quality of jute board or tar board, similar to that used by bookbinders. Straw board is not serviceable, being too brittle. Also leatherette for covering and some figured paper for lining. Also some muslin or sateen for hinges. This should match the leatherette as nearly as possible in color. (Leatherette is an imitation leather, very durable, obtained at a paper house.)",
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          "text": "The present bound book will be changed to a loose-leaf one, by shearing off the back and punching the leaves to fit an up-to-date cover. We have obtained a neat, classy, leatherette cover for this purpose, using imitation leather because it is neater than cloth, and cheaper and more durable than real leather.",
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          "text": "[H]e proceeded to a very hard seat in Block J. and, having forced his way into it, was immediately ordered to force his way out again for the purpose of hiring two small leatherette pads from the Kumfy Kushion Company—who, however, had only one small leatherette pad left, so that Chunks Rivers found himself in considerable torment long before the downfall of England began.",
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          "text": "Quick let's make love, / Before we die. / On Warm Leatherette, / Join the carcrash set.",
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          "text": "Fishnet leatherette / Pussy Galore / Pseudo Sumo wrestler / On the door",
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          "ref": "1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man’s Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, page 25",
          "text": "We returned to the old leatherette couches with the bottom cushions covered in cloth.",
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          "ref": "1991, “Paperboard”, in F. A. Paine, editor, The Packaging User’s Handbook, Glasgow: Blackie Academic & Professional, Chapman & Hall, published 1996, page 77",
          "text": "There many covering papers, through generally in the rigid box industry, there are a number of standard types in use. These include enamels, flints, tints, leatherettes, and many others.",
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          "ref": "2004, John T. Edge, Fried Chicken: An American Story, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, page 22",
          "text": "Today, four of Barberton's old-line chicken dinner restaurants survive: Belgrade Gardens, Hopocan Gardens, Village Inn, and White House Chicken. With the possible exception of Belgrade Gardens, all are best appreciated as linoleum-and-leatherette warhorses, glorified cafeterias that are long on value but short on decor.",
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          "ref": "2015, Clare Clark, We That Are Left, London: Harvill Secker; republished London: Vintage, 2016, page 106",
          "text": "He weighed the camera in his hands, running his thumb over its leatherette sides, the worn nickel fittings.",
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          "text": "The NYU tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all the hiss.",
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          "ref": "2003 August 19, Bruce Vilanch, “Heathers in Leathers”, in Bruce C. Steele, editor, The Advocate, Los Angeles, Calif.: Liberation Publications, →ISSN, page 66, column 2",
          "text": "Since I seemed to know some of the leatherettes, I was a magnet for fellow Jews wanting to know what was going on.",
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          "ref": "2005, Tom Horn, chapter 2, in The Devil and George Bailey, [s.l.]: RSE, published 2011, part III (Fire), page 827",
          "text": "I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art.",
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          "text": "Material.—A rather stiff quality of jute board or tar board, similar to that used by bookbinders. Straw board is not serviceable, being too brittle. Also leatherette for covering and some figured paper for lining. Also some muslin or sateen for hinges. This should match the leatherette as nearly as possible in color. (Leatherette is an imitation leather, very durable, obtained at a paper house.)",
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          "text": "The present bound book will be changed to a loose-leaf one, by shearing off the back and punching the leaves to fit an up-to-date cover. We have obtained a neat, classy, leatherette cover for this purpose, using imitation leather because it is neater than cloth, and cheaper and more durable than real leather.",
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          "text": "[H]e proceeded to a very hard seat in Block J. and, having forced his way into it, was immediately ordered to force his way out again for the purpose of hiring two small leatherette pads from the Kumfy Kushion Company—who, however, had only one small leatherette pad left, so that Chunks Rivers found himself in considerable torment long before the downfall of England began.",
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        {
          "ref": "1991, “Paperboard”, in F. A. Paine, editor, The Packaging User’s Handbook, Glasgow: Blackie Academic & Professional, Chapman & Hall, published 1996, page 77",
          "text": "There many covering papers, through generally in the rigid box industry, there are a number of standard types in use. These include enamels, flints, tints, leatherettes, and many others.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, John T. Edge, Fried Chicken: An American Story, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, page 22",
          "text": "Today, four of Barberton's old-line chicken dinner restaurants survive: Belgrade Gardens, Hopocan Gardens, Village Inn, and White House Chicken. With the possible exception of Belgrade Gardens, all are best appreciated as linoleum-and-leatherette warhorses, glorified cafeterias that are long on value but short on decor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Clare Clark, We That Are Left, London: Harvill Secker; republished London: Vintage, 2016, page 106",
          "text": "He weighed the camera in his hands, running his thumb over its leatherette sides, the worn nickel fittings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ],
        [
          "plastic",
          "plastic#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "imitate",
          "imitate"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, uncountable, also attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "attributive",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, George Dawes Green, chapter 27, in The Caveman’s Valentine, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books; ebook edition, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, March 2001",
          "text": "The NYU tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all the hiss.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 August 19, Bruce Vilanch, “Heathers in Leathers”, in Bruce C. Steele, editor, The Advocate, Los Angeles, Calif.: Liberation Publications, →ISSN, page 66, column 2",
          "text": "Since I seemed to know some of the leatherettes, I was a magnet for fellow Jews wanting to know what was going on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Tom Horn, chapter 2, in The Devil and George Bailey, [s.l.]: RSE, published 2011, part III (Fire), page 827",
          "text": "I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who dresses in leather or imitation leather."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "dresses",
          "dress#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, slang) A person who dresses in leather or imitation leather."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĕ''th''\"ə-rĕt'"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izkustvena koža",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изкуствена кожа"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koženka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kunstleer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "word": "keinonahka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "word": "tekonahka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuir artificiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "word": "skaï"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kunstleder"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dermatíni",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δερματίνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "word": "műbőr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dermoide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ecopelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "finta pelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "similpelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dermatín",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дермати́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umjetna koža"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eko-koža"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vještačka koža"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veštačka koža"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escay"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "konstläder"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Auckland War Memorial Museum",
    "Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum",
    "Frank Lloyd Wright"
  ],
  "word": "leatherette"
}