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/æstɹəˈkæn/ · noun
Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan..
Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.
Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat […]
He was dressed in a long green overcoat with mock astrakhan cuffs and collar and wore on his head an oval fur cap.
He was dressed in uniform—a black uniform trimmed with gray astrakhan.
Was the cavalry officer slim and elegant, and dressed in astrakhan?
Use astrakhan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Astrakhan means Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan..
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Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.
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