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skanker, n. orig. Caribbean.
Brit. |ˈskaŋkə|, U.S. |ˈskæŋkər|, Caribbean |skaŋkə|
[‹ skank v. (although attested earlier in sense 1) + -er suffix1.]
1. A deceitful, untrustworthy person; a swindler, a cheat.
1973Weekly Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 July 13 But please make sure you're not a skanker out to give worries. I don't want you spoiling up my track record and get me in kass-kass. 1995Guardian (Nexis) 21 Nov. 15 A group of cons starts singing ‘Jingle Bells’. Leading them on is Calvin, a right skanker, long hair, short temper, who likes poking his nose over the doors while you're on the bog.
2. A person who performs a freestyle dance to reggae music (cf. skanking n.). Also: a performer or fan of reggae music.
1983Mountain Democrat Times (Placerville, Calif.) 5 Jan. c3/1 And, of course, all the rankers and skankers (dancers) who support our band. 1991Twenty Twenty Spring 74/1 The irrepressible Irie growls through a collection of Nineties ragamuffin rap, including the skankers' anthem ‘She Wants It (All Night Long)’. 1992Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 19 June cn p. m, Among the best of the bands that hoped to repopularize ska in recent years is this set of New York skankers. 2002Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 14 June 7 ‘Pressure Drop’ would..later would be adopted as a battle cry for punk rockers and reggae skankers in England during the mid-'70s. |