skinner

nounattested in dialogue

Australia

Someone who skins animals.

noun

1
Someone who skins animals.
2
A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
3
A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
4
One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
5
slangA child sexual abuser.
6
slangAn instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.

Etymology

From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).

Forms

plural: skinners

skilled · Having or showing skill; skillful.skin · The outer protective layer of the body of any animal,…skinned · Having skin.

skinner · Someone who skins animals.

Skinner · A surname originating as an occupation.skinny · Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim,…skins · The drums.

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