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wineskin

noun
wine·​skin | \ ˈwÄ«n-ËŒskin How to pronounce wineskin (audio) \

Definition of wineskin

: a bag that is made from the skin of an animal (such as a goat) and that is used for holding wine

Examples of wineskin in a Sentence

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 The other exemplary work is a large bronze figure of an elderly drunken satyr sprawled atop a lion pelt and wineskin strewn across a rock. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Review: Getty Villa’s ‘Buried by Vesuvius’ is exquisite and, at times, explicit," 3 July 2019

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First Known Use of wineskin

1821, in the meaning defined above

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