astrachan
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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 Sir Harry Lauder
One and all, we got horribly infested with leeches, having a frill of them round our necks like astrachan collars, and our hands covered with them, when we came out.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
Then he left, in a good deal of astrachan collar and nickel-plated limousine, and the place felt less crowded.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
Why not run the lawnmower over the astrachan collar?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 4, 1917 by Various
Up to now, I was the only one of Augereau's officers who had grey astrachan.
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
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