English Explanatory Dictionary

leather poisoning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fictitious disease said to be contracted by a player who accumulates a large number of possessions of the ball.

Word forms

leather poisoning

Etymology

Based on the leather out of which most Australian rules footballs are made, and a humorous "poisoning" someone could suffer if they touch it too much.

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