| Definitions | | scrimshander |
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noun
- (uncountable) The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
- (countable) Someone who scrimshaws.
verb
- To make an item of scrimshaw.
- 2004, 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. " David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Etymology: Origin unknown.
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