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
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
Nhamo gutted the little fish and smoke-dried them over her cook-fire.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
An average sheet of rubber which has been well rolled should be smoke-dried at a temperature of 120° F. in about ten days.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
It was not a very pretty prospect; they looked out on to a commonplace street, houses on both sides, though just opposite there was a little variety in the shape of an old-fashioned, smoke-dried garden.
From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.
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