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(Engels)

Someone who skins animals.
A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
(derogatory, slang) A sex offender.
(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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In summary

From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).