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skinners

skinners is the plural of skinner.

Meaning of skinner

Noun

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, 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.

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Proper noun capitalized: Skinners

Skinners

  1. (plural) plural of Skinner.

Phrases with skinners

Questions about skinners

What is skinners the plural of?
Skinners is the plural of skinner.
What part of speech is skinners?
Skinners is a proper noun.

Words near skinners in the dictionary

  1. Skinner's maxim
  2. Skinnerian
  3. Skinnerians
  4. Skinnerism
  5. skinnerite
  6. skinners
  7. Skinners Flat
  8. Skinners Shoot
  9. skinnery
  10. skinnes
  11. skinneth

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