mink
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4.6
- noun
- /mɪŋk/
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- Club members could win prizes in raffles, ranging from kitchen utensils to vacations and mink coats.
- mink coat
- mink stole
- mink jacket
He gave up being a broker and he owns a series of stores that sell mink coats or fur coats.
- He gave up being a broker and he owns a series of stores that sell mink coats or fur coats.
- They went to the boxing and I think she bought my mink coat.
- And we go to this church where the preacher drives a Rolls Royce and the wife wears a full white mink coat.
Examples
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The bed was already piled high with furs, but the mink was the most beautiful coat she had ever seen.
Fiction book (1997) -
She wore a beautiful mink coat that shimmered in the sunlight.
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It's a little girl in a mink coat.
Fiction book (1997) -
But that other woman dressed up in high heels, a nice navy dress, a mink stole, and a hat.
Fiction book (1996) -
Hettie carried the mink down the hall.
Fiction book (1997) -
Now, if you buy a mink stole or buy dripping with diamonds, yeah, you're going to pay.
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Amelia was beautiful in a black mink coat and the softest-looking midnight blue dress with a low-slung collar.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jack self-consciously stops singing as Elizabeth Peterson, in her 60s, wearing a mink coat, gets on the elevator carrying a yappy little dog.
Fiction book (2000) -
The fashion show featured a luxurious mink stole that attracted everyone's attention.
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He saved up for years to buy his wife a stunning mink jacket for their anniversary.
Synonyms
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1.0
Soft thick hair that covers some animals or the material used for warm coats
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4.9
An expensive warm coat made from soft shiny mink fur
Soft expensive fur from the American mink used to make warm clothes
Compounds
A North American animal that lives near water, has dark brown fur, and eats other animals
How Luxurious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mink also became the name for the soft, expensive 'fur' and for clothes made from that animal, so a 'mink' coat means a coat made from the animal's fur.