skinner

Senso (Inglese)

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. (derogatory, slang) A sex offender.
6. (slang) An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.

Concetti

mulattiere

scorticatore

sinonimi

furrier

teamster

flayer

mule driver

fur-dresser

muleteer

mule skinner

tanner

fleecer

cheat

fur trader

currier

driver

lorry driver

peeler

sharper

swindler

Traduzioni

pelletier

vilder

Pelzhändler

arrier

traginer

Skinner

Abdecker

Abhäutemesser

Häutemesser

Hautmesser

δερματέμπορος

εκδέρων

afzetter

bonthandelaar

estafador

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: skynner

Affine norse antico: skinnari

Affine Middle Low German: schinder

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”).