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Word: minks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Compared to some of the other mink-covered items referred to in your Jan. 13 issue, a mink duster for dusting Cadillacs is really practical. Incidentally, pastel and white mink have for years given an assist to Casper's greenhouses and choicer gardens, so Manhattan's Ferti-Mink [a fertilizer for penthouse plants] isn't so extraordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

Here's a picture of the "Mink o' Nine Tails" duster, which shows it is also a bottle opener...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

Thank you for mentioning mink-trimmed golf tees. Here is a photograph to show you how a Mink Tee looks when ready for play. Our product is made of fine-quality mink, packed three shades to a box: autumn haze, cerulean and white jasmine mink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...broadtail skirt and matching jacket worn by Zsa Zsa Gabor and a broadtail curve-hugging evening dress with a swallowtail train worn by Marlene Dietrich, both designed by Maximilian. Other creations: a $15,000 sable-lined raincoat, a $65,000 sable greatcoat, and a $5,000 Fredrica-designed strapless mink sheath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Comeback | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...Madame Simone is haughtily and heartily despised by the "Blue" faction (named for the hue of its blood), led by a scientist, mathematician and relative youngster, the Duchesse de la Rochefoucauld, 62. An oldtime suffragette and notorious pincher of sous (says a fellow juror: "She dresses in a splendid mink coat lined with rayon"), the Duchesse blazed in protest when her arch-antagonist grandly announced that she would accept no other Femina choice for 1957 than Le Carre four des Solitudes (The Crossroads of Loneliness), by Christian Mégret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hatpins & the Femina | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

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