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  • noun Plural form of mink.

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Examples

  • We found a bear that looked exactly like Adrian ... (oddly enough, "minks" were not listed in the index!)

    withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2002

  • Those among the hunters who excelled in catching the valuable fur-bearing animals, whose flesh is worthless for food, would make their contribution in rich furs, such as minks, martins, otters and ermines, which would be exchanged in the Hudson Bay Company's stores for flour, tea, sugar and plums.

    On the Indian Trail Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians Egerton Ryerson Young 1874

  • "What happens at certain times of the year is young animals (such as minks and otters) get pushed out and have to find new territories.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • "What happens at certain times of the year is young animals (such as minks and otters) get pushed out and have to find new territories.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • While some free minks ate free fish, some guards easily recaptured them.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • He climbed to the top of the tall chain-link fence with the board under his arm and worked the board over the fence and under the razor wire, easing it out so it made a simple and handy climbing structure—sprinting structure, really—for the minks.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • While some free minks ate free fish, some guards easily recaptured them.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • As he was clawing at the ground—and I do wish I had been there for that part, anyway—one of the minks got it.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • He climbed to the top of the tall chain-link fence with the board under his arm and worked the board over the fence and under the razor wire, easing it out so it made a simple and handy climbing structure—sprinting structure, really—for the minks.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • As he was clawing at the ground—and I do wish I had been there for that part, anyway—one of the minks got it.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

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