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Definition of Scrimshaws
1. scrimshaw [v] - See also: scrimshaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrimshaws
Literary usage of Scrimshaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"... throughout the season, in costume, carving totem poles, making baskets,
moccasins, and scrimshaws, and doing other things of importance to an Indian. ..."
2. Raw Products of the World by Ralph Davol (1922)
"Lonesome sailors on whaling voyages carve scrimshaws from tusks of different
animals. Ivory always commands full value; for there is little or no material ..."
3. A Week in New York by Ernest Ingersoll (1891)
"... coral, scrimshaws worked during the tedium of long voyages in the forecastle,
and weather-browned men "full of strange oaths" leaning over the counter. ..."
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