skinner

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English

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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skinner (plural skinners)

  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. (prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
  6. (gambling, slang) An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.

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References

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  • (gambling slang): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Danish

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Noun

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skinner c

  1. indefinite plural of skinne

Verb

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skinner

  1. present of skinne

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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skinner m or f

  1. indefinite plural of skinne

Verb

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skinner

  1. present of skinne