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Use ice skates among the Eskimos (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skim

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'use ice skates' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'among the eskimos' is the wordplay.
'among' indicates a hidden word.
'SKIM' can be found hidden inside 'eskimos'.

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(Other definitions for skim that I've seen before include "Remove floating matter from surface" , "Read cursorily" , "Bounce (a stone) over water" , "Pass swiftly and lightly over the surface" , "Move lightly over a surface" .)

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