as in tough
not easily chewed the leathery meat served in the cafeteria drove many of us to start bringing our own lunches

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Recent Examples on the Web The black vulture's leathery gray head, on the other hand, looks like a shoulder-length helmet set atop some ancient, otherworldly, airborne soldier. Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022 Because a leathery little scamp like E.T. is lovable only in the uninhibited mind of a child; fear, distrust, and paranoia are born of experience and disappointment. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2022 The plants’ leaves are so leathery, that a power blower shouldn’t do this. Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Mar. 2022 Each embryo is immersed in nutritious fluids and encased in a leathery calcareous shell. Gabe Andrews, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2022 See all Example Sentences for leathery 

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“Leathery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leathery. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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