Usually means: Miniature Japanese sculpture, functional accessory.
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  1. netsuke: Merriam-Webster
  2. netsuke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. netsuke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. netsuke: Collins English Dictionary
  5. netsuke: Wordnik
  6. netsuke: Wiktionary
  7. netsuke: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. netsuke: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Netsuke, netsuke: Dictionary.com
  10. Netsuke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. netsuke: FreeDictionary.org
  12. netsuke: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. netsuke: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. netsuke: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (netsuke)

noun:  A small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し (himotōshi)), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries.

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