Storyknife

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A carved knife made for a Yup'ik girl to use for storyknifing.

    "Pretty Girt Students sell a packet containing a hand-carved storyknife, examples of stories, and illustrations. Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand."

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"Pretty Girt Students sell a packet containing a hand-carved storyknife, examples of stories, and illustrations. Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand."

Etymology

From story + knife.

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