What is a diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant] called?
sheepskin — A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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