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There is nothing like LEATHER

Also used literally.

1692
Fables of Aesop
cccxlviii.
There was a council of mechanics called to advise about the fortifying of a city … Up starts a currier [a person who dressed and coloured leather]; Gentlemen, says he, when y'ave said all that can be said, there's nothing in the world like leather.
1837
Merchant & Friar
iv.
King Log [the birch] was .. forgotten.. ‘Depend upon it, Sir, there is nothing like leather’.
1892
Big Bow Mystery
vi.
Besides, meat might have reminded him too much of his work. There is nothing like leather, but Bow beefsteaks occasionally come very near it.
1909
Votes for Women
22 Oct. 63
Nothing like leather for Suffragettes' wear.—Miss M. Roberta Mills makes Ties, Bags, Belts, [etc.].
1935
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Nothing like leather.
1937
C.
Six Queer Things
v. 115
Morgan had a leathery mind. There was no subtlety or sharpness about it, but it was tough … No amount of discouragement or error wore it out. There is nothing like leather.