astrakhan

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She's wearing the astrakhan, and carrying the gabardine, flung careless-like over her arm THE HAGGERTY WOMAN.

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  1. noun The curly, wavy wool of young lambs from Astrakhan.
  2. noun A fabric with a curly looped pile, made to resemble this fur.

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  • Henry once gave him a tip—“fee,” as they call it in America—and said: “There, that's for a new wig when this one is worn out,” gently pulling the astrakhan-like hair. —  The Story of My Life
  • As Julia bemoans having sold her astrakhan coat with huge skunk collar I was reminded of Irmgard Keun's Berlin heroine of the same era, Doris in —  dovegreyreader scribbles
  • Against a backdrop of Wildean quotes and music by the Verve, Domenico and Stefano showed rococo Ruritanian military jackets with distressed jeans, shirts, and pants printed with equally rococo swagging, a biker jacket in astrakhan, and combinations of moiré and jacquard that hinted at an aristocratic opium dream. —  Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles
  • Leather, croc, cashmere, astrakhan, fur … all the usual suspects when it comes to a brand like Hermès were on the runway and composed the portrait of a woman whose inspiration seemed to be the American aviator Amelia Earhart. —  On the Runway
  • He showed it sleeveless, in cashmere or plaid, with a little matching jacket, astrakhan-trimmed, over the top. —  Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles
 

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  1. from Astrakhan (Russian Astrakhanŭ), a city and government (province) of Russia.
 

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/ˈæstrəkæn/
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