# leather poisoning

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fictitious disease said to be contracted by a player who accumulates a large number of possessions of the ball.

## Etymology
Based on the leather out of which most Australian rules footballs are made, and a humorous "poisoning" someone could suffer if they touch it too much.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leather-poisoning