Persian lamb
Americannoun
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the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
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the lustrous, tightly curled fur of this animal, used to make coats and hats and as a trimming on various kinds of apparel and accessories.
noun
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a black loosely curled fur obtained from the skin of the karakul lamb
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a karakul lamb
Etymology
Origin of Persian lamb
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Wearing a mink-trimmed Persian lamb coat, she testified that Simkins ran his numbers game from her house from 1940 to 1945.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2021
“She was going into town one day — we’re in Westport renting a house — and she has a black Persian lamb circular skirt in the summertime with black fingernails. Pretty good.”
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2017
A born businessman, he began trapping foxes, went to sell the pelts and got into the fur business, exporting Norwegian fox and importing fur like Persian lamb.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2014
There are also sizable deposits of copper, lead and uranium, while the huge herds of Karakul sheep are prized for Persian lamb coats.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mama wore a maroon crepe dress with long sleeves, a necklace of shimmering gold discs, and a black Persian lamb coat I had not seen since before the war.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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