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catskinner

American  
[kat-skin-er] / ˈkætˌskɪn ər /

noun

Informal.

  1. an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.

Etymology

Origin of catskinner

Cat + (mule) skinner

Example Sentences

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But others were innocent arrivals who had bought their hippie homesteads from a well-known local character: the local miner and catskinner Gordon Burdick, a pot-smoking Iwo Jima vet and one-time basketball player for Seattle Pacific College.

From Seattle Times

The resort reports an 84-inch base measured at the Catskinner Weather Station situated at 5,085 feet mid-mountain on Blackcomb Mountain.

From Seattle Times

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