astrachan
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The ordinary infantry uniform consists of a dark-blue tunic and trousers with red facings, and a high astrachan busby with the brass badge of the lion and sun.
From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by De Windt, Harry
She got into her little blue jacket, with its neat collar and cuffs of astrachan.
From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine
An overcoat lined with astrachan was under it.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
I often met Talbot in the Foreign Office, and one day he drove me to his club wearing a very handsome coat lined with astrachan.
From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Tracy, Louis
One and all, we got horribly infested with leeches, having a frill of them round our necks like astrachan collars, and our hands covered with them, when we came out.
From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.
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