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scrimshander

/ˈskɹɪmʃændə/

scrimshander noun: someone who scrimshaws.

Noun

scrimshander (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshanders)

  1. (countable) Someone who scrimshaws.
  2. Synonym of scrimshaw (“manufacture of items by sailors from bone, etc”).
    Synonyms:
    scrimshaw

Verb

scrimshander (third-person singular simple present scrimshanders, present participle scrimshandering, simple past and past participle scrimshandered)

  1. Synonym of scrimshaw.
    • Moreover, he possesses a handsome army of scrimshandered chessmen whom we shall keep busy until either the Prophetess’s departure or the Nellie’s arrival.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    scrimshaw

Synonyms of scrimshander

Forms of scrimshander

Noun
pluralscrimshanders
alternative formscrimshaw
Verb
third-person singular presentscrimshanders
present participlescrimshandering
past participlescrimshandered
pastscrimshandered

Origin of scrimshander

Unknown.

Questions about scrimshander

What does scrimshander mean?
Scrimshander means someone who scrimshaws.
What part of speech is scrimshander?
Scrimshander can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce scrimshander?
Scrimshander is pronounced /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/.
What is the plural of scrimshander?
The plural of scrimshander is scrimshanders.

Words near scrimshander in the dictionary

  1. scrimpt
  2. scrimption
  3. scrimptions
  4. scrimpy
  5. scrims
  6. scrimshander
  7. scrimshandered
  8. scrimshandering
  9. scrimshanders
  10. scrimshank
  11. scrimshanked

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