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Meanings of chamois in English
A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
Hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
Usage of chamois in English
1
He tied the chamois bag round his neck again, and turned in.
2
How about this little chamois-bag which I found in your trunk, Mr.
3
Leather the shoulders, and part way down the upper arm, with chamois.
4
Three novel MRVs were isolated on cell culture from chamois lung tissues.
5
Only a fox or an Alpine chamois could make that perilous descent.
6
To polish furniture, use a piece of velveteen instead of chamois leather.
7
But the chamois did not stir and gazed boldly into Swallow's eyes.
8
Hep Hardy's goat belongs to the chamois branch of that famous family.
9
Glimpses were to be had of waiters, always disappearing, like startled chamois.
10
Those of the chamois, kid, lamb, dog, doe, and many other animals.
11
His skin was soft, like chamois skin, and pleasant to the touch.
12
He didn't even know where his brother was that day, perhaps hunting chamois.
13
There is a kind of goat in Switzerland called the chamois.
14
There had been talk around the fire the night before of chamois hunting.
15
The former is much cheaper than the chamois and serves just as well.
16
A porter shot at a chamois and missed it and crippled the Latinist.
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United Kingdom
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