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snow-dag
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a knife about 15 inches long having a broad, straight blade and used primarily for cutting snow blocks for igloos (def. 1a).
Quotations
1936
Nilgar and his assistant architect eyed the spot and made a rough estimate of the size the house was to be. Then they set to work to cut snow bricks. Their implement was a flat piece of copper, double-edged and fastened to a wooden handle. It was called a snow-dag.