skinner

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Twan was bony, even skinner than I was, so skinny he didn't have shoulders.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

Dale Firm, a 57-year-old fish skinner for Campo, said he likely faces a future of welfare and food stamps if the bills pass.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2020

He worked as a “lumper,” bringing boxes of fish from the boats, then as a journeyman, wheeling them to the loading zones, then as a skinner, a cutter, a salesman, and, finally, a buyer.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2019

He once successfully administered antivenin to a skinner who had been bitten by a snake, he wrote in a column for Sports Afield, and soldered a leaking radiator on a baggage truck.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2018

Devyn Seal- skinner presented him with a sealskin hat, Harle the Huntsman with a bear-claw necklace.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin