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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A great demand for peltries sprang up at once.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
We just run up to our moorings when we come back from a yachting trip, and there's a nice little nook forward which would just hold a bundle of those peltries.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
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
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
The rich peltries then were what gold and silver were later, and what grain, alfalfa, fruit, sugar beets and potatoes are now, and will be as long as water, soil, and sunshine blend.
From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by F. C. Grable
