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skivers

skivers is the plural of skiver.

Meaning of skiver

Noun (1)

skiver (plural skivers)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) A slacker.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.

Noun (2)

skiver (plural skivers)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) One who uses a skive (or skives).
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal) A skewer.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.

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Proper noun capitalized: Skivers

Skivers

  1. (plural) plural of Skiver

Phrases with skivers

Questions about skivers

What is skivers the plural of?
Skivers is the plural of skiver.
What part of speech is skivers?
Skivers is a proper noun.

Words near skivers in the dictionary

  1. skived
  2. skived off
  3. skiver
  4. skivered
  5. skivering
  6. skivers
  7. skives
  8. skives off
  9. skivies
  10. skiving
  11. skiving off

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