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Noun
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The lambs are even-sized, growing fast, with luminous silky fleeces that crown their bright faces and ripple in the wind.—
Helen Whybrow
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025 -
When Sam, 5, rolled up to the park in jeans and a blue fleece, Adeline took an interest.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Gone is the usual array of synthetic materials, replaced with more natural alternatives like a flax-composite shell, corn furniture and sheep's wool upholstery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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Some of the fields clearly show the benefit of the sheep’s rotational grazing and fertilizing.—
Helen Whybrow
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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In their place are elderly, ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing black overcoats and fedoras; south and central Asians with traditional karakul hats; and gaggles of merchants shouting in languages from across the world.—
Barak Richman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2020
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Most fur-bearing animals have never been domesticated, which makes raising a fox for the trim of a parka inherently crueler than aborting a karakul lamb for a wool cap, animal rights activists say.—
Glendale News-Press,
Glendale News-Press,
29 Aug. 2019
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In the window, a mannequin was sporting an ochre sheepskin jacket.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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The town sits at about 2,100 feet (640 meters) above sea level, includes some 2,500 residents and is known for an annual carnival on January 17th, when men dress in dark masks and elaborate black sheepskin coats fastened to dozens of clanking cowbells (intended to ward off evil).—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The color of Princess Kate's outfit exactly matched the teal plumes worn in the bearskin caps by the Irish Guards.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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The Princess of Wales last attended the St. Patrick's Day parade in 2023, opting for a teal ensemble that perfectly matched the plumes worn in the bearskin caps by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood favorite.—
Mike Miller,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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The heads of Max, Melvin and Buff (deer, moose and buffalo, respectively) still hang on the wall and comment on the proceedings, while Sammy the Raccoon also is still around — but is no longer acting as a living coonskin cap.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2024
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Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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Creole chickens weave between our legs, a chunky pig snuffles across the dirt floor, and a dusty ginger cat snoozes on a goatskin chair.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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The five most faked materials were found to be Prada nylon (21.3 percent), Louis Vuitton leather or special collection material (9.9 percent), Louis Vuitton monogram canvas (8.1 percent), Gucci leather or special collection material (7 percent) and Chanel calfskin or lambskin leather (6.7 percent).—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
11 June 2025
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Ankle boots hug the leg made in supple lambskin, while loafers are sculpted with slender lines and delicate piping.—
Stephen Garner,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Mouton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouton. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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