Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who draws or pours out liquor; a tapster; a server of drink; hence, the landlord of an alehouse or tavern.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who serves liquor; a tapster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who serves liquor; a
tapster .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Actually, the PBS show made it seem like Atwater's "conversion" was anything but genuine. skinker
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Considering how opaque the operations of the army are, you basically either give the military aid unconditionally, or you don't give it. skinker
Today in the Northwest Frontier Province - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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Clive on Learning: Kicking up a skinker: why trainers need to be more pushy
Kicking up a skinker: why trainers need to be more pushy Clive Shepherd 2005
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Kicking up a skinker: why trainers need to be more pushy
Kicking up a skinker: why trainers need to be more pushy Clive Shepherd 2005
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It's time to kick up a skinker. posted by Clive Shepherd @ 10:53 AM #
Archive 2005-11-01 Clive Shepherd 2005
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It's time to kick up a skinker. posted by Clive Shepherd @ 10:53 AM #
Kicking up a skinker: why trainers need to be more pushy Clive Shepherd 2005
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Kicking up a skinker: why trainers need to be more pushy
Archive 2005-11-01 Clive Shepherd 2005
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Fellowes, now get you gone, and leave me to the performance of this service; for I am no worse a skinker, then a Baker, and tarry you never so long, you shall not drinke a drop.
The Decameron 2004
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"I'll say I can-and I would love to, the big, slimy, stinking skinker!"
First Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950
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But the bully flourished his blade about his ears, and with a cry the goodman saved himself "Out, skinker!"
The Long Night Stanley John Weyman 1891
whichbe commented on the word skinker
One employed to dispense liquors in a bar: a tapster.
May 13, 2008
qms commented on the word skinker
Our Ernest is a generous drinker,
Acquiring friends as he grows pinker.
In mock celebration
They beg a libation
With a smile and a wink at the skinker.
Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit
July 6, 2014