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English translation: tortoiseshell
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| 04:24 Jul 18, 2006 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Lori Dendy-Molz Germany Local time: 02:01 | ||||
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peer agreement (net): +1tortoiseshell Explanation: ...is what it's usually called. Plenty of google for 'tortoiseshell buttons' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2006-07-18 06:45:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- actually, it's 'imitation tortoiseshell,' since the use of real tortoiseshell is banned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell |
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