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Definition of "roanoke" [roanoke]

  • White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia. (noun)

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Use "roanoke" in a sentence
  • "Apart from this reflection, it was natural that his eyes should follow the contestant whom he had backed for a winner to the tune of more silver bangles, and "ear-bobs," and strings of "roanoke," and gunpowder, and red and white paint, than he was minded to lightly lose."
  • "He was arrayed in much splendor, according to aboriginal standards; the fringed seams of his hunting shirt and leggings, fashioned of fine white dressed doeskin, as pliable as "Canton silk crape," were hung with fawns 'trotters; his moccasins were white and streaked with parti-colored paint; he had a curious prickly belt of wolves' teeth, which intimated his moral courage as well as sylvan prowess, for the slaying of these beasts was esteemed unlucky, and shooting at them calculated to spoil the aim of a gun; many glancing, glittering strings of "roanoke" swung around his neck."
  • "From jobs. roanoke.com – 02 Nov 2009 04: 49: 19 GMT – **"