skinner

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈskɪnɚ/(US)

Definition of skinner

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who skins animals.
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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. (Canada, derogatory, slang)A child sexual abuser.
  6. (slang)An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.

name

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
    ““As typical of a flu season, some areas are being harder hit than other areas,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.”
  2. An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.

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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”).

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