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karakul

noun

as in sheep

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Recent Examples of karakul In their place are elderly, ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing black overcoats and fedoras; south and central Asians with traditional karakul hats; and gaggles of merchants shouting in languages from across the world. —

Barak Richman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020 Most fur-bearing animals have never been domesticated, which makes raising a fox for the trim of a parka inherently crueler than aborting a karakul lamb for a wool cap, animal rights activists say. —

Glendale News-Press, 29 Aug. 2019

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Noun

In the first, a mayor placed them in the park to keep the grass trimmed (alongside some sheep, now gone).

— Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
But that moment of enjoyment is only a brief, illusory respite from Ahmet’s laborious responsibilities herding sheep and caring for his kid brother Naim (Agush Agushev), the picture of innocence and adorableness, who hasn’t spoken since their mother died.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025