Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scalper .
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Examples
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I ran into the shop, and made a little scalping-iron of steel, extremely thin and curved; it cut like a razor.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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I ran into the shop, and made a little scalping-iron of steel, extremely thin and curved; it cut like a razor.
XLVI 1909
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I ran into the shop, and made a little scalping-iron of steel, extremely thin and curved; it cut like a razor.
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini 1535
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