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[ skin-lis ] / ˈskɪn lɪs /
adjectivedeprived of skin: a skinless carcass. (of frankfurters or sausages) having no casing. Origin of skinlessFirst recorded in 1300–50, skinless is from the Middle English word skinles.See skin, -less Words nearby skinlessskin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink, skinking, skinless, skinned, skinner, Skinner, B. F., Skinner box, Skinnerian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skinlessBoneless, skinless chicken breasts that are actually delicious and moist, rather than kind of dry and tasteless. The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Such a man, skinless and bilious, was ill qualified to join in the rough game of politics. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)|Leslie Stephen Anything that hinted at love for the moment alarmed her; it was as much an infliction to her as the rubbing of a skinless wound. Night and Day|Virginia Woolf I clapped till my hands were skinless, and so did Sir James Mackintosh, who was with me in the box. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III|Thomas Moore
Nobody else but the Skinless Devil has the prestige to make the people gather around him. Rastignac the Devil|Philip Jos Farmer He has recently invented a skinless grape and a watermelon that is all heart, and is quite the cleverest man in the business. The So-called Human Race|Bert Leston Taylor
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