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scrimshoner

Meaning of "scrimshoner" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SCRIMSHONER

ˈskrɪmˌʃɔːnə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRIMSHONER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scrimshoner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCRIMSHONER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scrimshoner in the English dictionary

The definition of scrimshoner in the dictionary is a person who makes scrimshaw.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRIMSHONER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRIMSHONER

scrim · scrimmage · scrimmager · scrimp · scrimper · scrimpily · scrimpiness · scrimpit · scrimply · scrimpness · scrimpy · scrimshander · scrimshandy · scrimshank · scrimshanker · scrimshaw · scrine · scrip · scrip issue · scripholder

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRIMSHONER

air-conditioner · antiphoner · boner · commissioner · conditioner · coroner · disponer · honer · kroner · marathoner · phoner · practitioner · prisoner · sooner · stoner · summoner · telephoner · tensioner · toner · ultramarathoner

Synonyms and antonyms of scrimshoner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scrimshoner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRIMSHONER

Find out the translation of scrimshoner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of scrimshoner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scrimshoner» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

scrimshoner
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

scrimshoner
570 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
510 millions of speakers
hi

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scrimshoner
380 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

scrimshoner
278 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
270 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

scrimshoner
220 millions of speakers
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Scrimshoner
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

scrimshoner
180 millions of speakers
ja

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scrimshoner
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

scrimshoner
85 millions of speakers
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Scrimshoner
85 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
80 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Tamil

scrimshoner
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

Scrimshoner
75 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
70 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
65 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
50 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
40 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
30 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
15 millions of speakers
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scrimshoner
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

scrimshoner
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

scrimshoner
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scrimshoner

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7 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRIMSHONER»

Discover the use of scrimshoner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scrimshoner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Georgia Quilts: Piecing Together a History
This medallion, designed by Josiah Wedgwood in 1787, was later adopted as the official seal of the Anti-Slavery Society of London. It has been suggested that the scrimshoner could have been a New England whaler serving in the Union navy ...
Anita Zaleski Weinraub, 2006
2
Weird and Wonderful Words
The masculine term is scrimshander; another term in use (or as much use as it can hope to get) is scrimshoner, and the process of making scrimshaw can be called scrimshonting. The origin of the word isn't known, but it may have come from ...
Erin McKean, Roz Chast, 2002
3
Ships and Ship Models
Scrimshander and Scrimshoner are variations of the word. In the more leisurely days of sail, particularly among the whalers, all kinds of articles and fancy work were made from the teeth and bone from the whale, such as miniature figures, ...
‎1933
4
The Artist
Scrimshaw, Dr. Carson Ritchie, Little Craft Book series; Ward Lock, £1.05. It sounds like one of the words on that television game; and "Scrimshoner", which is someone who practises scrimshaw, is even better. The term actually means carving ...
‎1972
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Modern ivory carving
The range of articles made by the scrimshoner follows close on that of the professional whalebone carver or whale ivory carver. Just as the clenched fist stick head so popular with scrimshaw artists can be paralleled by examples made by the ...
Carson I. A. Ritchie, 1972
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The Mariner's Mirror
He uses 'scrimshoner' to describe the scrimshaw worker. Barbeau (see below) gives us a number of references to American log books of the 1880s which demonstrate that scrimshaw had by then become established as the 'correct' form .
Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin, 1991
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Wisconsin Newmonth
One who practices the craft is called a Scrimshander, Scrimshandy, or Scrimshoner. Whatever the origin of the name, scrimshaw is recognized throughout the world today as an authentic American folkart. l Scrimshaw became popular with ...
‎1993
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scrimshoner [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scrimshoner>. May 2024 ».
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