astrachan
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During the canning season she cans string beans, corn, swiss chard, spinach, beets, carrots, pears, plums, cherries, berries, etc., and makes astrachan jelly enough to supply the church suppers for the whole year.
From The American Country Girl by Crow, Martha Foote
Beneath the hood of the carriage sat an aged man wrapped up to the throat in a wolfskin bunda, and with a large astrachan cap on his head drawn down over his eyes.
From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
Why not run the lawnmower over the astrachan collar?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 4, 1917 by Various
This woman in the astrachan hat is a striking contrast to her surroundings.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
I did so, surely, and that very nicht I went out and bought me some astrachan fur for the collar of my coat!
From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir
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