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  • n  a smooth crisp fabric

  • An imposing man in a gray sharkskin suit and shiny black shoes, he clasps his large hands and kneels in prayer, silently reciting the Eucharist service.
  • These include sharkskin swimsuits that reduce friction, video goggles that let rowers watch themselves paddle and speedometers for sprinters.
  • Once upon a time in the '60s, in the days when the culture wars began, there lived an obscure first-term Governor of Maryland--a sleek-looking silvery man who wore sharkskin suits .
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  • Organic interior
    Look for lamps embellished with geodes and natural gems, feather-adorned pillows and sharkskin as a rich table finish. Stone and stone veneers make for an interesting organic interior wall covering, as do sticks gathered in groups as triptychs or propped up against the wall.
    Jan. 29, 2014 - Hope Star
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  • Bono in commercialappeal.com (subscription)
    Elvis Presley was a rebel, a threat, a "sharkskin-suited girl chaser, wearing eye shadow," U2's Bono wrote, one rock star bowing to another, in a 2004 Rolling Stone essay.
  • Dave Marsh in CNN
    But in front is the man himself, the guy born Dion DiMucci with the voice rock critic Dave Marsh described as "rough as sharkskin, smooth as Italian knit."

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