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scrimshandered

scrimshandered is the simple past and past participle of scrimshander.

Meaning of scrimshander

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

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Questions about scrimshandered

What is scrimshandered the simple past and past participle of?
Scrimshandered is the simple past and past participle of scrimshander.

Words near scrimshandered in the dictionary

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

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