skinner
/ˈskɪnə
/noun
1A person who skins animals or prepares skins.This would mean that participants could qualify as chefs, skinners, trackers or professional hunters and be recognised for their skills....
- Before nightfall, another ranch hand, a jerkline skinner named Slim, presented the childlike Lennie with a puppy from his dog's litter.
- I've decided to become a skinner & a leatherworker as well as a hunter.
1.1A person who deals in animal skins; a furrier.The rest of the white men present were skinners, cooks, bartenders, blacksmiths, clerks, and wagon drivers....
- He had come far since his birth in Pollokshaws in 1735, the son of a humble skinner.
2 Horse Racing, Australian /NZ informal A horse that wins a race at very long odds.‘Well, you'd better fatten up them skinners or all you'll get from the apple will be the core,’ was the quick rejoinder.
2.1A result that is very profitable to bookmakers.
3 variant spelling of skinder.
Rhymes
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