tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
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skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
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a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study
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Sheepskin \Sheep"skin`\, n. 1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
2. A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant]
Step on it: Interdome Inc. of Los Angeles offers a sheepskin pad that sticks to the car floor under the foot pedals, to prevent high heels from getting scuffed.
"Impossible to get," says a woman in a sheepskin coat as she squeezes up to the counter to grab her invoice.
Lauper will get her sheepskin along with the 400 graduates of Richmond Hill High School in Queens at Monday's ceremonies, school officials said Wednesday.
At an English summer horse show, you can buy sheepskin coats, fudge, Range Rovers, barbecues and almost anything except a horse.