23 January 2017

Naugahyde

[naw-guh-hahyd]

Trademark.

1. a brand of strong vinyl-coated fabric made to look like leather and used for upholstery, luggage, etc.

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Word Origin and History for Naugahyde

trademark name patented (U.S.) Dec. 7, 1937, by United States Rubber Products Inc., for an artificial leather made from fabric base treated with rubber, etc. From Naugatuk, rubber-making town in Connecticut, + hyde, an arbitrary variant of hide (n.). The town name is Southern New England Algonquian *neguttuck “one tree,” from *negut- “one” + *-tugk “tree.”

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

– Salvador Dali

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23 January 1803 – death of Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery. Born 24 September 1725.

23 January 1989 – death of Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter. Born 11 May 1904.