mule skinner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mule skinner
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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With the film industry in its growing stages, even a former mule skinner by the name of Hal Roach could quickly become a major player.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2014
He looked like a banker, directed like a mule skinner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then he has played, successively, a prize fighter, mule skinner, outlaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
A mule skinner came up the path riding a mule and singing a song about Georgia.
From Time Magazine Archive
A young mule skinner named Milton Humason helped to transport mechanical and optical equipment, scientists, engineers and dignitaries up the mountain.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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