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skiffers

skiffers is the plural of skiffer.

Meaning of skiffer

Noun (1)

skiffer (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, possibly) Slate.
    • It presents the obverve aspect, and this is well marked and characteristic. Range. D. gibberulus is a common species in the Upper Phyllograptus-skiffer of Scania, and in the Middle Arenig beds of Britain, underlying the zone of D. bifidus.1905, Norges geologiske undersøkelse, NGU

Noun (2)

skiffer (plural skiffers)

  1. One who pilots a skiff.
    • ... skiffers, and rowers : the water skier, plus the drunk on the twenty-thousand dollar boat.1993, Pete Addison Y. Gunter, The Big Thicket: An Ecological Reevaluation, University of North Texas Press, →ISBN, page 150

Questions about skiffers

What is skiffers the plural of?
Skiffers is the plural of skiffer.

Words near skiffers in the dictionary

  1. skiesful
  2. skiey
  3. skiff
  4. skiffed
  5. skiffer
  6. skiffers
  7. skiffing
  8. skiffle
  9. skiffled
  10. skiffler
  11. skifflers

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