skin
noun
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
had been skinning
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past perfect progressiveof skin.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Vane then received his friend, all unsuspicious how that friend had been skinning him with his eyes for some time past.
From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles
"To look at the expression of your face anybody'd think that the sheep in the back yard had been skinning you."
From General John Regan by Birmingham, George A.
