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fur

noun as in hair on animals

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Last year, her group successfully helped push through a measure that made the sale of cat fur illegal in the country.

Anderson pleaded with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ban clothing made from animal fur.

She holds a young girl closely inside her oversized fur coat; both gaze into lens.

Her father, who managed a fur trading business in China, died when she was 5.

MOSCOW — Fur coats may well be in high demand this winter among those glamorous ladies in Ukraine who can afford them.

He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.

With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."

But ef Jos keeps on, airnin' ez much ez he hez so fur, he's goin' ter pay the Injun part on 't, when he cums.

They're up every mornin' uv thar lives long afore daylight, a feedin' their stock, an' gittin' ready fur the day's work.

Though she was warmly wrapped in a soft rug of silvery fur, a chill crept into her heart.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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