peltry
noun
fur skins; pelts collectively.
peltries
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pluralof peltry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Choueguen likewise drew to itself a large share of the valuable peltries of the north shore, which used before to find their way down the St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
Many a heap of furs and peltries went in payment for their adornment, but—where are they now!
From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Evelyn Raymond
Their crews had, however, traded off their peltries somewhere else, and shortly after their arrival Mr. Oliver and his party left the inlet in the canoe which he had sent the Indians back to bring.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
Neither the hunters for gold nor those for peltries were the state-builders and home-builders without whom our American Union would not exist.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
It was only the necessity of disposing of his peltries and laying in a stock of ammunition that brought him into any spot where his fellow creatures were to be found.
From The White Squaw by Mayne Reid
