kangaroo-skin

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• skin

  1) In a bad skin; out of temper, in an ill humour. Thin-skinned: touchy, peevish. 2) A purse. Frisk...

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• skin

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• Kangaroo

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Aus...

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• kangaroo

  n. 1) an aboriginal word.See marsupial. (a) The Origin of the Name. The name was first obtained in...

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• Skin-deep

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• blue skin

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• wallaby-skin

  the skin, with the hair on it,of the wallaby, prized as a warm and ornamental fur for rugs. 1890. `...

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• skin-flint

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• cat's-skin

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• banded-kangaroo

  i.q. Banded-Wallaby. See lagostrophus and wallaby. ...

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• brush-kangaroo

  n. another name for the wallaby (q.v.). 1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. viii...

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• dorca-kangaroo

  n. See dorcopsis and kangaroo. ...

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• hare-kangaroo

  n. a small Kangaroo, resemblingthe British hare. Called also Hare-Wallaby. Thescientific name is La...

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• kangaroo-apple

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianfruit, Solanum aviculare, Forst., N.O.Solanaceae. The name is also ap...

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• kangaroo-dog

  n. a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo. 1806. `History of ...

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• kangaroo-fly

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• kangaroo-grass

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• kangaroo-hop

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• kangaroo-hound

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• kangaroo-mouse

  n. more strictly called the Pouched-Mouse (q.v.). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 256: «It i...

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• kangaroo-net

  n. net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...

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• rat-kangaroo

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• kangaroo-rat

  or Rat-Kangaroo n. the name applied to species of Marsupials belonging to thefollowing genera, viz...

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• kangaroo-thorn

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• musk-kangaroo

  n. See hypsiprymnodonand kangaroo. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• calf-skin fiddle

  A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casu...

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• kangaroo-tail soup

  n. soup made from thekangaroo-tail. 1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,'p. 58:...

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• Skin, Coats made of

  (Gen. 3:21). Skins of rams and badgers were used as a covering for the tabernacle (Ex. 25:5; Num. 4:...

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• tormenter of sheep skin

  A drummer. ...

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• skin of a sail

  The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman. ♦ ...

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• Hospital for Diseases of the Skin

  On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880). ...

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• by the skin of one's teeth

  When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, it is a common remark to say, that he has save...

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