skinner
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Once the vet finished the external inspection, the skinner would gently comb through the animal's fur with a metal instrument to remove dust and matted blood.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
Dale Firm, a 57-year-old fish skinner for Campo, said he likely faces a future of welfare and food stamps if the bills pass.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
He worked as a “lumper,” bringing boxes of fish from the boats, then as a journeyman, wheeling them to the loading zones, then as a skinner, a cutter, a salesman, and, finally, a buyer.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2019
He once successfully administered antivenin to a skinner who had been bitten by a snake, he wrote in a column for Sports Afield, and soldered a leaking radiator on a baggage truck.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2018
“Slim’s as good a skinner as I ever seen.”
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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Inskip and her colleagues zeroed in on the medieval city of Winchester, which had not only skinners, tailors, and furriers, but also a hospital for leprosy patients.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2024
Everything began with personnel identified as "skinners," who would select an animal from the tarp and heave it onto a table.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
The milliner Stephen Jones said the same before a show of Edward Crutchley’s work, held inside a medieval guild hall devoted to London’s skinners, and most notable for its hats.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2020
Worse still, the so-called mule skinners who are caught with the shipments seldom turn out to be Mr. Big.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The rest of the skinners moved on slowly down the mountain, looking back for Jo's signal for them to stop.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston