They call their goatskin coats "Teddy Bears.". From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
Sibyrtas owns him; and he stole my goatskin yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Theocritus, translated into English Verse] Reference
The Englishman unbound his goatskin and removed a revolver. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
It also wanted to exchange its webbing packs for a large goatskin. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Then he pulled the goatskin aside and pushed his ear to the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Waylander]
She always wore battered goatskin shoes, and was clean in her person. From Wordnik.com. [Crime and Punishment] Reference
Mogweed fingered open the goatskin satchel and stared at its contents. From Wordnik.com. [Wit'ch Storm]
CHAPARREROS, over-trousers of goatskin with the hair on, used in riding. From Wordnik.com. [Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern] Reference
Every one who could get a bit of goatskin made it into a pair of sandals. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries] Reference
Now, within seconds of signing a goatskin parchment inserted into the State. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Thuro shivered and left the bed to sit on the goatskin rug before the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Ghost King]
One goatskin yet remained, and out of that it was determined to make a sail. From Wordnik.com. [For the term of his natural life] Reference
And when her head is severed, wrap it in the goatskin on which the shield hangs. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
A Spotted Coyote boy came around to fill everyone's cup from a goatskin of wine. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
He presented me with a goat; and a goatskin full of rice; a most acceptable gift in. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
Odysseus now filled a great goatskin bottle with this wine, and carried it with him. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Odyssey] Reference
A few moments later Kirillovna came in with a faint creak of her new goatskin shoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn] Reference
One day, a man who wished to go down the river on our raft swam to us on a goatskin. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
She pulled out a small satchel made from cured goatskin and began to hold it out to him. From Wordnik.com. [Wit'ch Storm]
His ice-bound outer clothing consisted of black Angora goatskin chaps and a short sheepskin coat. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
It was a high-quality article, made of stitched goatskin dyed black, with the rough side outward. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The dervishes, as a rule, had their goatskin wallets filled with grain, onions, and a piece of roasted meat. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
It consigned its metal box and small engine to the goatskin, bound it up with cord, and slung it over its shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
But pigskin, goatskin, and of course calf, in time lose by evaporation certain fats which are inherent in the leather. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
The man reached into the back of the wagon and lifted out a bow of horn and a goatskin quiver containing twenty arrows. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
She misses the bustle of Shor Bazaar, the Gardens of Babur, the call of the water carriers lugging their goatskin bags. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
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