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camelhair

American  
[kam-uhl-hair] / ˈkæm əlˌhɛər /

noun

  1. camel's hair.


adjective

  1. camel's-hair.

Etymology

Origin of camelhair

1350–1400; Middle English camel har; see camel, hair


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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 Frederick Marryat

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