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knifestory en · NOUN

Etymology

From knife + story.

Meanings

1. A story told by storyknifing.
   • In the 20 year period represented by the two knifestory studies, Oswalt's for the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s and mine for the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, major changes can be identified. 1977, Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer, Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society, →ISBN, page 86:
   • Kate smiled, thinking of the squat little figure hunched over her knifestories in the sand of the beach at Unalaska. 1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 87:
   • There is more variety in the symbols used to represent people than in any other aspect of the knifestory complex. 2013, Carolyn Kremers, Upriver, →ISBN, page 81:

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