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astrachan

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[as-truh-kuhn, -kan] / ˈæs trə kən, -ˌkæn /

noun

  1. astrakhan.

  2. (initial capital letter) a tart, usually red or yellow variety of apple.


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It was all dressed in white, with a white astrachan hood with goats' hair fringe, and it looked just like a little poodle.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot

Even when it came to a Salvation Army shelter, we were disturbed by a company of the benevolent; Farrell one of them, in a furred coat with an astrachan collar.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Up to now, I was the only one of Augereau's officers who had grey astrachan.

From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

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

She travelled with Panaurov in a reserved compartment; he had on his head an astrachan cap of peculiar shape.

From The Darling and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

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