Word: unshorn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Unshorn head were raised hastily from the fine print of Widener thumb-marked volumes yesterday afternoon as annoyed scholars became suddenly aware of insistent car-honking directly outside the library on Massachusetts Avenue...
...this process an imitation beaver coat retailing at about $150-less than one-fourth the cost of genuine beaver-can be made from shorn sheep pelts. Unshorn skins can be converted into longhaired "furs" such as fox, complete with silvery sheen. The manufacturers even talk of imitating mink. The synthetic furs are more durable than the genuine article...