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Definition of Furless
1. having no fur [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furless
Literary usage of Furless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... under their peaked roofs, like gallows ready for the old traders to hang
themselves upon, if they came back and saw the degeneracy of the furless times. ..."
2. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"This poor man,s teeth were chattering with cold, though he was wrapped in fur;
and we, all furless as we were, pitied him, and were thankful that at least ..."
3. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"... and in some the taking of fur-bearing animals is permitted; but I believe in
all the birds and furless mammals are strictly protected. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1830)
"... thirty and forty of his fellow creatures, men, women, and children, who on
various accounts had been obliged to remain on the wreck. The furless and ..."
5. The Concept of Knowledge by Panayot Butchvarov (1970)
"But “Nothing is both a cat and furless” is true in virtue of the fact about cats
that each of them has fur. Hence, according to our definition, ..."
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