Peltry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Undressed pelts considered as a group.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Pelts collectively, or a lot of pelts together: usually applied in furriery to raw pelts with the fur on, dried or otherwise cured, but not yet tanned or dressed into the furs as worn.
  • n. A pelt; a fur-skin.
  • n. A trifle; trash.
  • Word Usage
    "Nor would the theory account for the absence of a taboo in the lower savagery, nor for the totemistic character of the lady, nor, least of all, for the peltry which is the most picturesque, if not the most important, incident in this group of tales."
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    furs   
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