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dogfur en · NOUN

Etymology

From dog + fur.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, qualifier:often used attributively to modify other nouns, uncountable, usually) Alternative spelling of dog fur.
   alt of dog fur
   • Clay recognized him by his dogfur goatee. 2006, Stephen King, Cell: a novel, page 11:
   • In a Chinese factory, piles of dogfurs (right) are turned into coats and jackets. 1997, HSUS news, volume 42/44, issue 1, page 105:
   • […] condensed milk, condoms, newspapers of varied dates, and bottles with misspelled English outside and stolen industrial alcohol inside. Leather miniskirts in mink berets stepped over drunk quilted peasant jackets in dogfur hats […] 2000, Dale Pesmen, Russia and Soul: An Exploration, page 290:
   • we will put horsemeat and flesh of decayed animals and then tree roots and dogfur. 1975, Michael Borich, The Black Hawk songs, page 21:
   • She took him into a little restaurant, but two Rumanian policemen in heavy winter coats with dogfur collars were having their breakfast there and she was afraid that without identification papers she would be arrested […] 1947, in a collection of Soviet short stories published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, page 301

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