scrimshander

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/

Noun

scrimshander (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshanders)

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

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of scrimshaw.
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      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.
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