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skinned

 (skĭnd)
adj.
Having skin of a specified kind. Often used in combination: fair-skinned; dark-skinned.
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skinned

(skɪnd)
adj
1. stripped of the skin
2.
a. having a skin as specified
b. (in combination): thick-skinned.
3. keep one's eyes skinned keep one's eyes peeled to watch carefully
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.skinned - having skin of a specified kind
skinless - having no skin
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'That's certainly a good price!' said Big Klaus; and running home in great haste, he took an axe, knocked all his four horses on the head, skinned them, and went into the town.
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Well, the days went along, and the river went down between its banks again; and about the first thing we done was to bait one of the big hooks with a skinned rabbit and set it and catch a catfish that was as big as a man, being six foot two inches long, and weighed over two hundred pounds.
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In the evening he returned, bearing a buck upon his shoulders, and they skinned the buck and ate of it as they sat by the fire.
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