Naugahyde

Meaning

Noun

An artificial leather made with a knit fabric backing and PVC coating.

Origin

Marketing coinage of the 1930s, from Naugatuck, Connecticut, where it was first produced, and hide; it was humorously marketed as being the skin of an animal called a "Nauga".

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