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onion·skin (un′yən skin′)

noun

  1. the thin, translucent outer coating of an onion
  2. ☆ a tough, thin, translucent, glossy paper, often used for carbon copies

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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