ass's-skin

Updated: June 22, 2025

The parcel and the keys soon appeared. Miss Crosbie opened the parcel and presented Henry with a neat pocket-book, inside of which were a pencil, a leaf of ass's-skin, a penknife, and a pair of scissors. "Oh, thank you, thank you, ma'am," said Henry, "how good you are!" And his father and mother joined in the boy's thanks.

Mrs. (Mary Martha) Sherwood - The Fairchild Family