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Mink

//mɪŋk// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).

    "The Minx […] frequents the water like the Otter, and very much reſembles it in ſhape and color, but is leſs; will abide longer under the water than the muſk quaſh, muſk rat, or little beaver: […]"

  2. 2
    slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur wordnet
  3. 3
    The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.

    "From Michaelmas 1739. to Michaelmas 1740. Skins. […] Mink at 2s. 4d. Elk at 8s. Deer at 2s. 7½ per Skin."

  4. 4
    fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks wordnet
  5. 5
    An article of clothing made of mink.

    "At one point, money was stolen from one of the bedrooms. […] Afte that, the family employees were often tested. [Katherine] Jackson would leave the alarm on the closet unarmed, the one in which she kept her minks, chinchillas, and other expensive furs."

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  1. 6
    the expensive fur of a mink wordnet
  2. 7
    A person with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person. Scotland, derogatory, slang

Etymology

From Late Middle English mynk (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”). Compare Danish mink (“mink”), Icelandic minkur (“mink”).

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