Definition of "wineskins" [wineskins]

• Plural form of wineskin. (noun)

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• "P.ofessor E.P. Crowell, the first American scholar to edit P.tronius, gravely states in his preface that "the object of this edition is to provide for class-room use an expurgated text," and I note that he has tactfully omitted the "wineskins" from his edition."
• "If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined."
• "It was, of course, an incantation echoing the parable from the Gospel of Luke: And no one pours new wine into old wineskins."