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skinnery

American

[skin-uh-ree] / ˈskɪn ə ri /

noun

a place where skins are prepared, as for the market.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

skinneries

plural

Etymology

Origin of skinnery

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at skin, -ery

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