skinner en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
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”).
Meanings
- Someone who skins animals.
- A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
- A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
- One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
- (Canada, derogatory, slang) A child sexual abuser.
- (slang) An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| skinners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (15)
fi nylkijä (someone who skins animals) · fr écorcheur (someone who skins animals) · ru скорня́к (someone who skins animals) · fr écorcheuse (someone who skins animals) · hu nyúzó (someone who skins animals) · tl tagalabos (someone who skins animals) · hu szűcs (someone who skins animals) · hu tímár (someone who skins animals) · ro pielar (someone who skins animals) · tr yüzücü (someone who skins animals) · bg кожар (someone who skins animals) · fi nahkuri (someone who skins animals) · gl esfolador (someone who skins animals) · ca escorxador (someone who skins animals) · es desollador (someone who skins animals)