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storyknives

storyknives is the plural of storyknife.

Meaning of storyknife

Noun

storyknife (plural storyknives)

  1. A carved knife made for a Yup'ik girl to use for storyknifing.
    • Pretty Girt Students sell a packet containing a hand-carved storyknife, examples of stories, and illustrations. Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand.1985, Judith Kleinfeld, Alaska's Small Rural High Schools: Are They Working?, page 111

Questions about storyknives

What is storyknives the plural of?
Storyknives is the plural of storyknife.

Words near storyknives in the dictionary

  1. storyful
  2. storying
  3. storyings
  4. storyknife
  5. storyknifing
  6. storyknives
  7. storyland
  8. storyless
  9. storylessly
  10. storylessness
  11. storylet

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