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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nubuck /ˈnjuːbʌk/

▶noun cowhide leather which has been rubbed on the flesh side to give a suede-like effect.

– origin early 20th cent.: perh. respelling of new + buck1.

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