leatherette

leather +‎ -ette; originally a trademark that has since been genericized.

• enPR: lĕth"ə-rĕt', IPA^(key): /ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

leatherette (countable and uncountable, plural leatherettes)

1. A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.
   • 1978, Daniel Miller (lyrics), “Warm Leatherette”, performed by The Normal:

     Quick let's make love, / Before we die. / On Warm Leatherette, / Join the carcrash set.

   • 1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa

     We returned to the old leatherette couches with the bottom cushions covered in cloth.

2. (slang) A person who dresses in leather or imitation leather.
   • 2003 August 19, Bruce Vilanch, "Heathers in leathers", in The Advocate, page 66.

     Since I seemed to know some of the leatherettes, I was a magnet for fellow Jews wanting to know what was going on.

• artificial leather
• imitation leather
• leather substitute
• synthetic leather
• faux leather
• pleather