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skinner.

Someone who skins animals.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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. A child sexual abuser.

    Canada · derogatory · slang
  6. An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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”).

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