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Word: deerskin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Billy definitely earns my Deerskin Rug award for being the biggest stud in the meet," Co-Captain Chris Smith said. "He and the freshmen just knocked the competition out of the bejeezus belt...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquamen Drown in Easterns Despite Final Day Comeback | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...West, or at least with Britain, vitiated India's arts, and he proves the point all too insistently with a final roomful of tatty 19th century artifacts. The one exception is the Baroda carpet, a lavish if gaudy confection of pearls, rubies, emeralds, diamonds and glass beads sewn onto deerskin and silk. From its shimmering surface, the exotic images of the legendary India seem to glint anew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Shining Legacy From the East | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

Livelier preppy reading lies in Items from Our Catalog, a parody of the L. L. Bean mail order guide. The booklet offers such essential items as a Norweigan bulletproof sweater, a deerskin dieter's mask and the state of Maine--price tag $76,000,000 plus $3.20 postage. Lest you fear such outdoorsy materialism is not in the holiday spirit, note that the catalog also offers a down yarmulke and Thinsulite papal vestments...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: More Fantasy, More Preppies | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...gold-buckled belts and high-steppin' boots of alligator or snakeskin. Some real rootin' tooters tote leather holsters (empty) and cartridge belts. The lady on the Marlboro man's arm is apt to resemble Pocahontas, in a fringed T shirt, multicolored headband, squash-blossom necklace, beaded deerskin bag with dangling mink paws and -the essential accessory-white, fringed moccasins. Some squaws without reservations go so far as to wear war-paint makeup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Lone Ranger Meets Tonto | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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