skiver
Americannoun
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a person or thing that skives.
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a thin, soft leather made from sheepskin, used for hat linings and book bindings.
noun
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the tanned outer layer split from a skin
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a person, tool, or machine that skives
noun
Etymology
Origin of skiver
Example Sentences
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Lauren Skiver, the chief executive and general manager of SunLine, said that she had invited other transit agencies and utilities to see just how far hydrogen had come but that she had often met with disbelief and ambivalence.
From New York Times
“We try to meet with them all the time: ‘Look what we’re doing on hydrogen,’” Ms. Skiver said.
From New York Times
If a university does not produce the occasional eloquent skiver, or unquenchably verbal time-waster, it is not fulfilling its true end.
From The Guardian
So, we need to construct a new narrative; one that reflects the reality of people’s lives, not an imagined one-dimensional “scrounger” or “skiver”.
From The Guardian
A British Airways survey found more than half of the working population don't use all their holiday allowance, and more than a third of UK workers are afraid to take a two-week holiday in case their colleagues think they're a bit of a skiver.
From BBC
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