minever
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But in a plain frock of dark satin trimmed with minever bands, she looked exceedingly noble and lovely.
From Remember the Alamo by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
I would crave your acceptance of a pretty mantle of crimson silk lined with minever.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
The master had a cappa or cope, such as a Cambridge Vice-Chancellor wears on Degree Days, with a border and hood of minever, such as Oxford proctors still wear, and a biretta or square cap.
From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.
There lie two or three daggers of more than ordinary workmanship, and by them a silver cup or two, and again more than one hood lined with minever.
From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert
"Well, my worthy dealer in minever, what do you say now to the Lorraine jokes?" whispered Ruggiero.
From Catherine De Medici by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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