Splits from thick hides of cow and deer are also sueded, but, due to the fiber content, have a shaggy nap. (latesttrendfashion.com)
Also as usual, he does so by counterintuitively romanticizing the most gendered male behavior: All the men are strong, silent types with thick hides and wounded hearts. (indiewire.com)
«The great She - Elephant - she has an impenetrably thick hide, she is liable to mount charges in all directions and she is always thinking on the trot...» Healey once mused of the Tory leader, but to Thatcher's probable relief, the Iron Lady stuck and the She - Elephant was largely forgotten. (totalpolitics.com)