All are made from luxurious top grain cowhide leather. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Out This Spring with Handbags from Kipling] Reference
Even then, there were different grades of leather such as cowhide versus horsehide. From Wordnik.com. [Holster Leather | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
The "cowhide" was constantly carried by himself, and his overseer. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
He goes so far as to threaten to come to Staunton and "cowhide" David in the middle of Main Street. From Wordnik.com. [Augusta County: E. J. Evans to David H. Evans, August, 1868] Reference
"Bazil, I told you to hush!" and suiting the action to the word, he drew forth the "cowhide" from under. From Wordnik.com. [The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States] Reference
His cowhide boots in particular were made matter of mirth. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Some call to shake, for I've jest hed to meller a new cowhide. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
They were cowhide and how they did hurt, but I was proud of them. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
His thick cowhide boots, in particular, were made matters of mirth. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
No; dey kicks Schults off de sidewalks, cowhide Schults on der sthreets. From Wordnik.com. [Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.] Reference
"Don't you know that I went to the neighboring town to sell my cowhide?". From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Coarse cowhide boots are the only articles of American wear that he favors. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
He don't care for the cowhide; the more I get him flogged the worse he gets. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
The whip that is made of golden wire hurts quite as much, I opine, as the cowhide. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
His cowhide boots, shining with bear's grease or lard, can be hidden under the buggy robe. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
He could take raw cowhide and make leather out of it and then make shoes out of the leather. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
The outlaw laid down his rifle, and drew from a pocket a stout leash of cowhide, a yard long. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
He had replaced the cowhide thong, with her hands in front of her, and with play enough for free movement. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
A Mr. Winters was once passing along the street and saw one of the boys whipping the slave girl with a cowhide. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
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