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What does sheepskin mean?

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  1. (uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
  2. (US, countable) A diploma.
  3. (countable or uncountable) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
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Place your baby on a firm mattress to sleep, never on a pillow, waterbed, sheepskin, or other soft surface.
Modern bags are often made from tanned sheepskin cut to shape, rubber, or rubberized cloth.
Natural sheepskin is preferable because it provides natural lanolin to exposed skin, 17 although it is expensive and is not washable.
Another value added to the cows was the fact that while the rest of Europe used manuscripts made from sheepskin, in Ireland it was calfskin.
The obligatory items are a very, very long scarf and a suede sheepskin or canvas gilet.
Only now they were incongruously dressed in sheepskin jackets and short skirts.

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