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Noun: skinner  ski-nu(r)
  1. A person who prepares or deals in animal skins
     
  2. A worker who drives mules
    - muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver
Noun: Skinner  ski-nu(r)
  1. United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)
    - Cornelia Otis Skinner
     
  2. United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)
    - Fred Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner
     
  3. United States actor (1858-1942)
    - Otis Skinner

Derived forms: Skinners, skinners

Type of: actor, actress, histrion, jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], player, psychologist, role player, skilled worker, skilled workman, thespian, trained worker

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