chamois
Example Sentences
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He made it his profession at a time when flying meant filtering automobile gasoline through a chamois skin and landing in cotton fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
To have a basis for comparing the neanderthal's results, the study also examined other animals from the region, including carnivores like wolves and lynxes and herbivores like rabbits and chamois.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2022
When he returned, she handed him a chamois cloth to clean them with.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
I moved the soapy sponge over the Datsun’s sinuous metalwork, dried it with a chamois, anointed it with Turtle Wax.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2021
I watched out of the corner of my eyes, but I never slackened the strokes of my chamois upon the brass.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
