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patent leather

noun
🔊/ˌpeɪtnt ˈleðə(r)/
🔊/ˌpætnt ˈleðər/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a type of leather with a hard shiny surface, used especially for making shoes and bags漆革；漆皮Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPatent leather is used before these nouns:
    • shoe
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