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Definition of washleather
1 : a soft leather usually made of split sheepskin dressed with oil in imitation of chamois
2 chiefly British : a piece of washleather or soft cloth used for dusting or cleaning : chamois was flicking over the radiator with a washleather— Nicholas Monsarrat
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