Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A workman who breaks or chips flints to desired forms.
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Examples
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(Soundbite of banging) JOYCE: Her flint-knapper today is Dennis Sandgathe, an archaeologist from Simon Fraser University in Canada.
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It took millions of years of evolution to produce the hands of a skilled flint-knapper.
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It took millions of years of evolution to produce the hands of a skilled flint-knapper.
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(Soundbite of banging) JOYCE: Her flint-knapper today is Dennis Sandgathe, an archaeologist from Simon Fraser University in Canada.
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A hat-tip to John Derbyshire who linked to this very cool YouTube video of a flint-knapper manufacturing blades from a pyramidal core using a punch technique.
Blade Manufacture 2007
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Think of a master carpenter, or a prehistoric flint-knapper, demonstrating a particular skill to a young apprentice.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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He was a flint-knapper, and his practiced eye assured him that this was the kind he needed, a hard, flinty, gray-brown rock with one facet fairly smooth.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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A flint-knapper makes sharp stone flakes by striking a flint "core" with a hammerstone.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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A flint-knapper makes sharp stone flakes by striking a flint "core" with a hammerstone.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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It took millions of years of evolution to produce the hands of a skilled flint-knapper like
NPR Topics: News 2010
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