Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as scalper.

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Examples

  • 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

  • I ran into the shop, and made a little scalping-iron of steel, extremely thin and curved; it cut like a razor.

    XLVI 1909

  • 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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