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名詞

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

派生語

• mule skinner

参照

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