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scrimshanders

scrimshanders is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scrimshanders

What is scrimshanders the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrimshanders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrimshander.

Words near scrimshanders in the dictionary

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

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