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(n.) In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Netsuke'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/netsuke.html. 1828.
 
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