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#1·Apr 27, 2026
The skin of a pig.
In addition, most gelatins made today are produced from pigskins, which are not subject to this consideration.
Origin: Compound of . The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
Leather made from the skin of a pig.
Those killed fighting his troops would be buried in pigskins.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(countable, US, slang) A football.
To paraphrase a renowned pigskin philosopher, speed is not everything, it is the only thing.
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