skinner
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈskɪnər/
- Archaic
:
arriero
- The skinner shouted commands to the mules to keep them on the designated path.
- mule skinner
Examples
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As a skilled skinner, he was responsible for driving the draft animals during the long journey.
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The skinner expertly guided the mules down the steep trail.
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Do you need another mule skinner working on your new road line?
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What are you doing up here, mule skinner?
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What do you say, mule skinner?
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What should I do, mule skinner?
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What's your answer, mule skinner?
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I'm Jack Crabb, the mule skinner!
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Hire the mule skinner!
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We have mule skinners from the Burma Road, and resistance people: French, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Norwegians, and Belgians.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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5.8
A person who guides animals that pull a carriage or wagon
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7.9
A person who drives a team of horses to pull a wagon
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9.9
A person who drives and cares for mules as a job
A person who drives and cares for a group of mules
A person who leads mules to carry goods
A person who drives animals like horses to pull a wagon or plough
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skinner also came to be used for people who drove working animals like mules; one helpful way to remember this is to imagine mule teams carrying hides to market, so the people who handled those loads were called skinners. That's why a skinner can mean a person who drives draft animals as part of their work.