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skiver
[ skahy-ver ]
noun
- a person or thing that skives.
- a thin, soft leather made from sheepskin, used for hat linings and book bindings.
skiver
1/ ˈskaɪvə /
noun
- the tanned outer layer split from a skin
- a person, tool, or machine that skives
skiver
2/ ˈskaɪvə /
noun
- slang.a person who persistently avoids work or responsibility
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Example Sentences
Kin I skiver er humans clean clar ercross de dissart, und retch back ter de eend o' de yeth, wid dese wun-eyed specks?
How I execrated that ill-starred jade, and the Dutch skiver, but for whom I might at this moment have been my own master.
Skiver is the outside of a sheepskin which has been split, the inner side being known as the flesher.
Cherries are made in the same manner as grapes, and the stalk neatly covered with skiver leather.
Bone and shell in small amounts were found here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36.
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