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woolen

adjective as in woolly

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Workers aren’t allowed to wear clothing that could create static—woolen caps, for example, are forbidden—and must turn off cellphones and other electronics before entering sensitive areas.

A shoemaker in town constructed the ball out of double-twisted woolen yarn, covered in calf’s skin.

The Pope's official inauguration followed the Mass, with a pallium garment - a white woolen band - placed on the pope's shoulders, and fixed in place with three pins to represent the nails on the cross.

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After her show, she walked off stage and someone draped woolen garments over her shoulders to shield her from the evening chill.

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Mirojnick dressed him in exactingly tailored suits made from ultra-fine woolens and put monograms on his shirts, handkerchiefs and even the labels inside his clothes.

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