minever
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence—no schoolboy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap—lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?
From Project Gutenberg
The police had their bodies, said the village chief, Minever Ehmet.
From New York Times
I would crave your acceptance of a pretty mantle of crimson silk lined with minever.
From Project Gutenberg
Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence--no school-boy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap--lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?
From Project Gutenberg
He saw the fantastically-dressed driver and footman, and the brilliant mass of color surrounded by minever furs, and he knew it was Madame Jacobus, out to defy any other sleigh to approach her.
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