furriery

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Noun

furriery (countable and uncountable, plural furrieries)

  1. Furs in general.
    • 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:
      For smaller furrieries and edgings, the skins of the MARTEN, the SQUIRREL, the ERMINE, the RABBIT and the MARMOTTE are the choicest
  2. The business of a furrier; the fur trade.
    hide unfit for furriery

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