kolinsky

American  

[kuh-lin-skee] / kəˈlɪn ski /

noun

plural

kolinskies

1. an Asian mink, Mustela sibirica, having buff or tawny fur.

2. the fur of such an animal.

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kolinsky British  

/ kəˈlɪnskɪ /

noun

1. any of various Asian minks, esp Mustela sibirica of Siberia

2. the rich tawny fur of this animal

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Etymology

Origin of kolinsky

1850–55; perhaps alteration of Russian kolonkí, plural of kolonók kolinsky ≪ Evenki (NW dialects) xoloŋgō

Example Sentences

You saw him, too, in the Pompeian room at the Congress Hotel of a Saturday afternoon when doubtful and roving-eyed matrons in kolinsky capes are wont to congregate to sip pale amber drinks.

From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna

Ruby cuddled down into her kolinsky wrap and give me the fish-eye, as she addressed me in her own sweet way as a woman to her best enemy.

From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox

You saw him, too, in the Pompeiian room at the Congress Hotel of a Saturday afternoon when doubtful and roving-eyed matrons in kolinsky capes are wont to congregate to sip pale amber drinks.

From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

By the time the limousine swung under the porte-cochère Lana was down and waiting; Mrs. Stanton came hurrying after, ready to defy a January midnight in a cocoon of kolinsky.

From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman

Cora had a Hudson seal coat now, with a great kolinsky collar.

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna