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small furs Fur Trade, Hist. 
the pelts of small animals, such as mink, fox, squirrel, and wolverine.
See also: great furs
- 1682 (1948) . . . wee now againe repeate that you Use your Utmost endeavors to procure as many small furrs of all sorts as you can, for they turne us to a good account. . . .
- 1743 (1949) Ho! what they are all small fur's I suppose.
- 1832 (1947) Small Furs, have failed, and Indians . . . suffered much from starvation.
- 1835 (1945) Since he went off . . . he has traded about 450 beaver & land Otters beside some small furs. . . .
- 1682 (1948) . . . wee now againe repeate that you Use your Utmost endeavors to procure as many small furrs of all sorts as you can, for they turne us to a good account. . . .