His papery skin brushed against her fingers, and she jerked back from a jolt of energy.

Choose onions that are firm and regular in shape, with tight, dry, papery skins.

Place nuts in a kitchen towel and rub vigorously to remove as much of papery brown skin as possible.

The actual nut is encased in a thin, clinging, papery skin.

Bosc pears have narrow necks and papery brown skins.

Dried beans have papery skins; the meat inside, about the size of a flattened pecan, turns dark brown or maroon.

Then it was gone, leaving no sign in his smooth, papery skin.

His papery skin was green.

Placing the hot nuts in a plastic bag or in a clean dish towel and rubbing them is enough to remove the thin, papery skin.

Shrunken and hairless with blue-veined, papery skin, he seemed nearly devoured by his clothing.