See busby on Wiktionary
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"sense": "fur hat",
"word": "bearskin"
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"ref": "1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IV, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 71–72:",
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"ref": "1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 54:",
"text": "His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.",
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"sense": "fur hat, usually with a plume",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "fur hat, usually with a plume",
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"sense": "fur hat, usually with a plume",
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