smoke-dried
Britishadjective
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At one point he admits to sleeping comfortably one night "with half-a-dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
Nhamo gutted the little fish and smoke-dried them over her cook-fire.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Cringing, the old man pointed to a great shell that held water, and pushed towards the fire another shell in which were strips of smoke-dried fish.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The dark smoke-dried rafters were evidently used as larder and storehouse, for all manner of things hung from them, such as a side of bacon, tallow dips, and a pair of clogs.
From Our Frank and other stories by Amy Walton
Such of the young women as had no small children to carry bore the heavy burdens of the fire-baskets, or bundles of smoke-dried meat, leaving the warriors free to use their bows and spears.
From In the Morning of Time by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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