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mink

US/mɪŋk/ fairly common slang

noun

1.

the expensive fur of a mink

2.

fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks

Synonyms
3.

slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur

Origin

From Late Middle English mynk (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”). Compare Danish mink (“mink”), Icelandic minkur (“mink”).

Phrases

  • American mink
  • Eurasian mink
  • European mink
  • fuck like a mink
  • mink coat
  • mink frog
  • mink oil
  • mink plasmacytosis

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