Erminette

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various breeds of poultry having black and white feathers.
  2. 2
    The fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine. countable, dated, uncountable

    "But Teddy knew too much of the fur at "Finney's"; the coney-seal, the sable-dyed-squirrel, the erminettes, the beaverines; […]"

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"But Teddy knew too much of the fur at "Finney's"; the coney-seal, the sable-dyed-squirrel, the erminettes, the beaverines; […]"

Etymology

From ermine + -ette.

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