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bare-skin

bare-skin is the alternative spelling of bareskin.

Meaning of bareskin

Adjective

bareskin (not comparable)

  1. Not wearing clothing; not covered by clothing, hair, feathers, etc.
    • A bare-skin boy did guide my feet—
      A boy with pretty, pouting ways:
      And oh, ’twas shrewd deceit!1907, Hartley Burr Alexander, “Songs of the Seasons, 3. Love and Autumn” in The Mid Earth Life, Springfield, MA: H.R. Huntting, p. 58, I sought thee in the spring-tide, sweet,— All through the rosy...
  2. In which participants do not wear clothing. (of an activity or event)
    • After your babe’s next bath, put him freely on the bed still in his birthday clothes […] I happen to know one mother who has made daily practice of this bareskin play with her youngest child.1911, Mrs. Todd Lunsford, “As the Twig is Bent,” Kindergarten Journal, Chicago Kindergarten College Alumnae Association, Volume 6, No. 4, p. 141

Questions about bare-skin

What is bare-skin the alternative spelling of?
Bare-skin is the alternative spelling of bareskin.

Words near bare-skin in the dictionary

  1. bare-legged owl
  2. bare-legged owls
  3. bare-root
  4. bare-roots
  5. bare-shouldered
  6. bare-skin
  7. bare-throated bellbird
  8. bareable
  9. barearse
  10. barearses
  11. bareass

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