smoke-dried
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Parson Weems wrote them at odd moments along the road�biographies of Washington, of Franklin, of Penn and�his best book�of General Francis Marion, the "little, smoke-dried, French-phizzed" Swamp Fox.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Even a soaking shower is unavailing to damp the ardour of the multitude, and not unseldom lends fresh stimulus to fun and laughter among the merry-hearted denizens of smoke-dried city streets and lanes.
From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by Madders, S. S.
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