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furriery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɜɹ.i.əɹ.i/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(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:
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(countable, uncountable) The business of a furrier; the fur trade.
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