camelhair
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of camelhair
Example Sentences
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A good tool for cleaning dust from photographic negatives is a camelhair brush with a small piece of polonium at the base of the bristles.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021
Gone was the industry-wide minimalism — the brogues and camelhair outerwear; eyelashes got extensions and bare lips were suddenly red.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
He looked at his palette instead of her pretty mouth, and his camelhair pencils attracted his attention more than her penciled eyebrows.
From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick
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