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lamb's wool

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lamb's wool

–noun
1. a soft, virgin wool possessing superior spinning qualities, shorn from a seven-month-old lamb.
2. a fabric made from this wool.

Origin:
1545–55
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lamb's wool  
n.  
  1. Wool shorn from a lamb.

  2. also lambs·wool (lāmz'wŏŏl') A fabric or yarn made from this wool.

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