peltry

Example Sentences

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They are very numerous at this time but have made bad hunts; we have got a share of their peltry, as much as all the others put together, and hope soon to collect some more.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

Nathan was all agog at the peltry that hung from innumerable pegs on the rough log walls.

From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Robinson, Rowland E.

The clerk for issuing a writ shall receive three livers in peltry, and all other fees as heretofore.

From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton

"Not all the peltry of Siberia—" said James, rather sharply, as he thought; and dismissed the subject in favour of his own neatly-spatted foot.

From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The peltry of the north, no less than the gold and silver of the south, gave impetus to the efforts of those who first settled the western hemisphere.

From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Wood, Louis Aubrey