0/+14So this is where the term pigskin came from. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
0/+14So this is where the term pigskin came from. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Usually pigskin is favored because it is porous, allowing air to circulate. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican equipales, seated through the ages Zacoalco de Torres] Reference
I don't know a field goal from a touchdown, and spend most Super Bowl Sundays wishing a pigskin were a crunchy fried snack. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Then why do they call it pigskin?. From Wordnik.com. [Do you think the naysayers will find a way to hate this, too? « Dating Jesus] Reference
But now he's goin 'to send for what he calls a' pigskin 'and he's a-goin' to teach us football. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Nervous subs. stood in circles, passing the pigskin. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
We played football in the sand, pigskin and pink skin. From Wordnik.com. [elephants Diary Entry] Reference
He has his brief-case with him, and a pigskin suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Headless Corpse]
The pigskin came spinning through the heavy air toward him. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
And success often depends on how well you handle the pigskin. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: 'Pitmasters,' low and (too) slow] Reference
Celebrate the glory of the Super Bowl with a pigskin film fest. From Wordnik.com. [VIDEO STORE FOOTBALL] Reference
She came back with Claire, who was carrying a pigskin suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and Monsieur Charles]
On the dressing table was a pigskin case with his initials on it. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
Talk about a death grip -- they had to pry that old pigskin loose!. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
(ESPN. com) If you dig pigskin, you'll watch; if you don't, you won't. From Wordnik.com. [The Kick Is Good, And I ... Am ... Outta Here!] Reference
He had pigskin luggage and an English raincoat and he just looked rich. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15, 1975. Interview G-0023-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
— Paul Boutin 1 Hold the pigskin with your fingertips on the threads. From Wordnik.com. [How to Throw a Football, Bluff a Music Geek, Swap SIM Cards] Reference
Several times Mortimer had the pigskin, and was able to make good gains. From Wordnik.com. [Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery] Reference
Baseball is bats, football is pigskin and basketball is -- well, basketball. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009] Reference
Yeah, that storm is apparently an appropriate reference when talking pigskin. From Wordnik.com. [Shaneika Dabney: Suggestion Box Tip # 41: Keep "Katrina" Out of Your Trash Talk] Reference
Koko had his chin on his paw and his paw on the cover of a pigskin-bound book. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
Monsieur Jules frowned, grew more serious, and stared at his pigskin desk set. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret has Doubts]
He had the note delivered to the room of the owner of the new pigskin suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Mr Campion]
He received the pigskin and with lowered head and hunched shoulders shot forward. From Wordnik.com. [Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery] Reference
He was wearing hunting clothes, laced boots, a green jaeger hat and pigskin gloves. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Tom, however, swung the other way, and headed for the player who really had the pigskin. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck] Reference
Gordon then took the pigskin, plunging straight through the center of the line for four yards. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
And the pigskin versus the sheepskin: Some schools pouring big bucks into their sports programs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2003] Reference
In a neighborhood where punk concerts regularly trump pigskin on weekend afternoons, Ms. Navidad may have her work cut out. From Wordnik.com. [Yankees on TV? Let���s Go to the Lower East Side and Watch!] Reference
Knapp, Pennington quarterback, captured the pigskin on his fifteen yard line and dodged in behind his quickly formed interference. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
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