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fur

noun as in hair on animals

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He and his wife bought two new leather couches for their family lake house that attract less fur from their two dogs.

Sure, no one is stopping anyone from sauntering into their local grocery store dressed to the nines in faux fur and pumps.

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“The phrase ‘Atlantic forces’ once sounded powerful, but what we have is not enough to pluck more than ten to twenty hairs from the fur of the British lion.”

He was cold, even in his overcoat and Russian fur cap.

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They were burly beasts, with long fur and short tempers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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