skiver

Example Sentences

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If a university does not produce the occasional eloquent skiver, or unquenchably verbal time-waster, it is not fulfilling its true end.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2020

And that’s just the time, gentlemen, that I receives visitors, skiver ’em!”

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon

Objects from Sell Cave. a, Pestles or grinding stones; b, celt, pottery disks, paint stones, and skiver 46 17.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard

Bone and shell in small amounts were found here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard

The leathers in common use for bookbinding are:— Goatskin, known as morocco.Calf, known as calf and russia.Sheepskin, known as roan, basil, skiver, &c.Pigskin, known as pigskin.Sealskin, known as seal.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel