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PATENT LEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patent leather mean?
• PATENT LEATHER (noun)
The noun PATENT LEATHER has 1 sense:
1. leather with a hard glossy surface
Familiarity information: PATENT LEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leather with a hard glossy surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("patent leather" is a kind of...):
leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
Context examples
He had on a dress suit and patent leather shoes and I couldn't keep my eyes off him but every time he looked at me I had to pretend to be looking at the advertisement over his head.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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