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saffian

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saffian [ˈsæfɪən]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) leather tanned with sumach and usually dyed a bright colour
[via Russian and Turkish from Persian sakhtiyān goatskin, from sakht hard]


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He identified the others as Robert Kneebone, James Novinger, Robert C Williams and visiting Sergeant Walter A Saffian.
 
 
 
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