Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Skins or furs collectively.
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Examples
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To oppress one's own workmen, and provide for the workmen of a neighbor -- to skin those in charge of one's own interests while cottoning and oiling the residuary product of another's skinnery -- that is not very good benevolence, nor very good sense, but it serves in place of both.
A Cynic Looks at Life Ambrose Bierce 1878
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a neighbor -- to skin those in charge of one's own interests, while cottoning and oiling the residuary product of another's skinnery -- that is not very good benevolence, nor very good sense, but it serves in place of both.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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