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Definition of Snakeskin
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakeskin
Literary usage of Snakeskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal and Plant Lore: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking by Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1899)
"Eelskin or snakeskin wrapped about the wrist is good for rheumatism or sprains.
Cape Breton. 870. The skin of an eel worn about the leg will cure rheumatism ..."
2. New England; a Human Interest Geographical Reader: A Human Interest by Clifton Johnson (1917)
"This was a threat and a challenge, and the Pilgrims responded by returning the
snakeskin with bullets in it. That served to quench the ardor of the ..."
3. The founding of a nation: the story of the Pilgrim fathers, their voyage on by Frank Moody Gregg (1915)
"Let us fill the snakeskin with powder and shot, and winding it around the arrows
will indicate that it is our coil made fast for them. ..."
4. The Folk-lore Record by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"The ball jumped out of the snakeskin and rolled over in the water. It went across
the river. One of the girls came down to the stream to get some water in ..."
5. A Chronological History of New-England: In the Form of Annals, Being a by Thomas Prince (1852)
"At length Canonicus their chief Sachem W in a braving manner sends us a bundle
of arrows tied with a snakeskin, which Squanto tells us is a challenge and ..."
6. The Folk-lore Record by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"By-and-by he saw a beautiful ball hanging like a buckeye, on a limb. He picked
it off. It was very pretty. He put it in the snakeskin to keep it ..."
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