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It is a noun that refers to the wool of a sheep or similar animal, or to clothing made from such wool. Example sentence: I needed to stay warm so I bought a fleece jacket.
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Warddeken ranger Terrah Guymala wards off the cold with a thick fleece and beanie while he walks around Canberra's Nishi gallery, its walls adorned with photographs of precious rock art from his place, the "stone country" of west Arnhem Land.
In the sheep and fleece pavilion at the Royal Easter show, the offspring of two old bloodlines met face to face.
The real Jonathan is warm and bearish, with a mohican, chic specs, a scarlet fleece, hippyish brown leather shoes – loads of visual flair.
The interior is all fleece, posh fabrics and Mapuche crafts.
It is disgraceful that scammers target older and vulnerable people by post and over the phone to fleece them of thousands of pounds".
It hates charging anyone for road use except foreigners, whom it would fleece.
The novelist charts the tiniest vocal inflection, the subtle role that khaki trousers play in marking your place in society, or how a character wears his fleece jacket.
Mr Zuckerberg has evidently studied Mr Jobs's speaking style closely; and just as Mr Jobs is known for his uniform of jeans and a black mock-turtleneck, so Mr Zuckerberg has turned his combination of Adidas sandals, jeans and fleece sweaters into a trademark.
A dire shortage of building land, for instance, in crowded bits of Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, encourages the well-connected to fleece farmers of their fields.
Diane Simpson, the sales director for AW Hainsworth, a wool manufacturer which normally specialises in covers for snooker tables, believes that their "Natural Legacy" woollen coffins sell because thinking of a loved one cocooned in fleece brings more comfort to the families of the deceased than the fact that the coffins are biodegradable.The eco-funeral market is expanding in other directions too.
Larry Summers, a former treasury secretary, is a special adviser to the firm and Michael Ovitz, a former Hollywood power-broker, is among its investors.Technology Quarterly Cameras get cleverer Drops to drink Formula 1 goes sailing Zapping fakes with lasers Particle physic A golden fleece Joining the drones club Reducing the barnacle bill What would Jesus hack?
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