scrimshander

scrimshander
1. noun /ˈskrɪmʃændə/
a) The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
b) Someone who scrimshaws.
2. verb /ˈskrɪmʃændə/
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


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