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furriery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɜɹ.i.əɹ.i/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Furs in general.
    • For smaller furrieries and edgings, the skins of the MARTEN, the SQUIRREL, the ERMINE, the RABBIT and the MARMOTTE are the choicest 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The business of a furrier; the fur trade.
    • hide unfit for furriery

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