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hair and hide

hair and hide(, horns and tallow)

Rur. every last thing; every part. (Refers orginally to using every part of slaughtered cattle for something.) They took everything Mary had, hair and hide, horns and tallow. Joe never threw anything away. He found a use for everything, hair and hide.
See also: and, hair, hide

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ilmarinen-Finnish Mythology
Jovan-Serbian, Macedonian
Armistead['a:misted]
Ouranos-Greek Mythology
YancyYANT-seeEnglish
Jacintahah-THEEN-tah (Spanish), hah-SEEN-tah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
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