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Next came Fraud, and he had on,Like Eldon, an ermined gown;His big tears, for he wept well,Turned to mill-stones as they fell.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2013

To the movie fans outside Hollywood's RKO Pantages Theater, the show looked familiar: klieg lights crisscrossing the wet night sky and Cadillacs disgorging jeweled and ermined cargoes.

From Time Magazine Archive

By accident or design, man seems de ermined to upset the delicate balance of nature in Florida.

From Time Magazine Archive

So many ermined peers and bejeweled peeresses were present that a journalistic wag observed there was a "tiara boom today."

From Time Magazine Archive

What care I if the pageant's weight may fall On Hungary's ermined shoulders, if the spring Of all her life be mine?

From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield