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fur trade

fur trade noun: the business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts.

fur trade: the business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts
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Noun

fur trade (uncountable)

  1. The business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts.

Words formed from fur trade

Questions about fur trade

What does fur trade mean?
Fur trade means the business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts.
What part of speech is fur trade?
Fur trade is a noun.

Words near fur trade in the dictionary

  1. fur out
  2. fur pie
  3. fur pies
  4. fur seal
  5. fur seals
  6. fur trade
  7. fur trader
  8. fur traders
  9. fur up
  10. fur-bearing trout
  11. fur-coated

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