Angora goat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Angora goat
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Next comes 10 pounds of cashmere, Angora goat mohair, silk and luxurious New Zealand wool, which wicks away moisture and cradles the sleeper.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2015
Monogram, from 1955 to '59, featured a wooden platform on which stood a stuffed Angora goat with a tire around its waist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another such adventure in the gap between art and life concerns a stuffed Angora goat with a tire around its tummy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Monogram remains the most notorious of Rauschenberg's combines: a stuffed Angora goat, girdled with a tire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mohair rugs are made of the soft, silky hair of the Angora goat; but though beautiful, they are not durable, as experiments tried at Akhissar and Kulah have shown.
From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Holt, Rosa Belle
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