mink

Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink

The Minx […] frequents the water like the Otter, and very much reſembles it in ſhape and color, but is leſs; will abide longer under the water than the muſk quaſh, muſk rat, or little beaver: […]

[Friday 7.] I ſhot three brace of grouſe, and found a mink in one of the traps which I tailed yesterday. [Saturday 8.] The ſame trap caught another mink to-day.

The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.

From Michaelmas 1739. to Michaelmas 1740. Skins. […] Mink at 2s. 4d. Elk at 8s. Deer at 2s. 7½ per Skin.

H. H. Young, district manager, is the proud possessor of a fine mink fur, which he found in his hen house. The mink, while wearing the fur, visited Young's hen house once too often and was cornered there a few mornings ago.

An article of clothing made of mink.

At one point, money was stolen from one of the bedrooms. […] Afte that, the family employees were often tested. [Katherine] Jackson would leave the alarm on the closet unarmed, the one in which she kept her minks, chinchillas, and other expensive furs.

He had noticed Marilyn putting a flask into the coat of her mink after she talked to the Gent, and he was sure there had been nothing in the pockets earlier, when he helped her into it before she sang "Happy Birthday."

A person with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person.