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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Margo and her sister, Denise, were sent to ballet class and kitted up in matching wool coats with Persian lamb collars; they mastered orthopedically correct posture and crisp speech.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022
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
He is now in the process of mastering slow-roasted Persian lamb accompanied by a pomegranate salad, in hopes of “defusing the tension” over Iran’s nuclear reactors.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2012
The money will be used to fix the roads so that the U.S.S.R.'s landlocked southern neighbor can ship its Persian lamb pelts to free-world markets.
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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