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• n  a fabric made from the hair of sheep
• n  fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
• n  outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

• In Denver last week one angry wool grower suggested that the easiest way to dispose of the 850-million lb.
• When Australia's wool auctions opened last week, world wool producers got a nice lift.
• Pier Luigi Loro Piana inspects samples of Merino wool at the Australian Brooklyn Wool Auction.

• woolen
• woollen
• fleece

News & Articles

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• Finding a suit that fits: What you need to know
  Suits that are 100 percent wool will last 8 to 10 years. So, when it comes time to shop, men should find a suit they like -- which means taking shopping seriously.
  June 17, 2013 - York Daily Record
• Family Knitwear Business Continues to Go Global
  Catering for non-English speakers is the way forward, says company director of Wool Overs Ltd. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10827541.htm
  June 17, 2013 - PRWeb
• ‘Wool Pool’ wraps up: Region’s sheep farmers bring in their shearings to Washington County Fairgrounds
  GREENWICH — Fulton County sheep farmer Rick Argotsinger got up early Friday and drove through Saratoga Springs on his way to Greenwich to deliver 1,200 pounds of wool headed to a South Carolina mill for processing.
  June 15, 2013 - The Saratogian

Quotes

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• Prince William in USA Today
  The last thing I want to do is be mollycoddled or wrapped up in cotton wool because if I was to join the army I'd want to go where my men went and I'd want to do what they did,William said in an interview with Britain's Press Association and...
• Justin Verlander in SI.com
  They look exactly the same, they breathe more and they won't shrink,Verlander said. "The best thing is, when it rains, the hats won't stink like the wool ones did."
• Gilles Duceppe in International Herald Tribune
  Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe on Thursday told the House of Commons that Harper's motion was a clumsy attempt to "pull the wool over the public's eyes."