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Inskip and her colleagues zeroed in on the medieval city of Winchester, which had not only skinners, tailors, and furriers, but also a hospital for leprosy patients.

From Science Magazine • May 3, 2024

Everything began with personnel identified as "skinners," who would select an animal from the tarp and heave it onto a table.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022

The milliner Stephen Jones said the same before a show of Edward Crutchley’s work, held inside a medieval guild hall devoted to London’s skinners, and most notable for its hats.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2020

After a going-over by the judges to confirm the �rats are free of any nicks and cuts that might give a competitor that hundredth-of-a-second edge, the skinners take their places.

From Time Magazine Archive

Demarest himself wrote a personal letter about the two jerkline skinners.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston