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SCRIMSHANDER
Etymology
Noun
scrimshander (countable and uncountable, plural scrimshanders)
(uncountable) The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone.
(countable) Someone who scrimshaws.
Verb
scrimshander (third-person singular simple present scrimshanders, present participle scrimshandering, simple past and past participle scrimshandered)
To make an item of scrimshaw.
Source: Wiktionary
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15 June 2025
SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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