Netsuke (noun)
net-skee
a small figure of ivory, wood, metal, or ceramic, originally used as a buttonlike fixture on a man’s sash, from which small personal belongings were hung.
Netsuke “a small figure used on a man’s sash” is a loanword from Japanese that is equivalent to ne, “root,” combined with tsukeru, “to attach.”
Example sentences
“The netsuke hung from his waste bulged.”
Nowhither (adverb) noh-with-er
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