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morocco

nounattested in dialogue

A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

noun

  1. 1

    A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

    The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed.

    Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.

  2. 2

    A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.

  3. 3

    A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Etymology

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.

Forms

plural
moroccos
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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