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Meanings of chinchilla in English
Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur.
Usage of chinchilla in English
1
The sable, ermine, and chinchilla are, as in previous years, most fashionable.
2
Persia is a handsome specimen of the fine blue chinchilla class.
3
Now this was a comfortable, soft quilted silk cap, with a chinchilla border.
4
The velvet is incredibly soft and dense, like being smothered by a super-chinchilla.
5
I think it suits you better than the chinchilla you had when we left.
6
Some one was brushing the stubborn, thickly caked snow from her long chinchilla coat.
7
I hope her chinchilla shrug is fake, but she tells me it is real.
8
They wore sealskin coats, when it wasn't mink or chinchilla.
9
Had I done this, when I was choosing my chinchilla cap and grey cloak?
10
The majority are farmed animals like mink and chinchilla.
11
When he sweats he sweats a blend of antique cologne, chinchilla tears and human hope.
12
The chinchilla placed a hand on my shoulder and shoved me away from the bar.
13
Julie repented, and, drawing her friend towards her, rested her head against the chinchilla cloak.
14
Karl Lagerfeld covered motorbike helmets with mink and chinchilla.
15
She wore a gray cape with a chinchilla collar made out of Amy's old muff.
16
With what imperious will did the thin shoulders straighten themselves under the folds of chinchilla!
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