"minkless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: mink + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mink|less}} mink + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} minkless (not comparable)
  1. Without mink or minks. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-minkless-en-adj-BQB7rP3N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "1956, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 10, number 9, page 5",
          "text": "Even though top-quality mink coats are up, furriers are using split skins to make lower-priced minks, too. \"Minkless mink\" will be quite a sensation with the people who dote on but can't afford the real thing.",
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          "ref": "2011, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Last Refuge, page 248",
          "text": "The fantasy of herself in a trench coat, rather than as she was, minkless and shivering, dashing forth to save the world, which God knew was now beyond saving, kept her going.",
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