leatherette
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/
noun
Etymology: From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns denoting (female) people).
- A person, especially a woman, who dresses in leather or imitation leather.
“The NYU [New York University] tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all the hiss.”
“Since I seemed to know some of the leatherettes, I was a magnet for fellow Jews wanting to know what was going on.”