Definition of "deerskins" [deerskins]

• Plural form of deerskin. (noun)

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• "Many faced financial ruin. 75 Others refused to buy deerskins from the aborigines, who complained that they could not obtain the Chinese clothing they relied on. 76 Chinese tax farmers also suffered."
• "Although they early forbade Japanese-Chinese from trading in deerskins, they were afraid to do likewise to the Japanese because the company depended on its trade privileges in Japan."
• "The first decade after its arrival, the Dutch East India Company was powerless to monopolize the trade in deerskins."