[f. LEATHER sb. + -ETTE.] A fabric composed of cloth and paper, in imitation of leather.

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1880.  Sat. Rev., 20 Nov., 655. Messrs. Dalziel’s Bible Gallery is bound in vellum and leatherette.

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1891.  Brit. Weekly, 10 Sept., 308. The volume can be had in leatherette for half-a-crown.

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1897.  G. M. Hopkins, Exper. Sci. (ed. 17), 329. The bags—which hold one plate each—are made of the stout black paper known in the trade as leatherette.

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