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skinned

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skinned  (sknd)
adj.
Having skin of a specified kind. Often used in combination: fair-skinned; dark-skinned.
skinned [skɪnd]
adj
1. stripped of the skin
2.
a.  having a skin as specified
b.  (in combination) thick-skinned
keep one's eyes skinned (or peeled) to watch carefully (for)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.skinnedskinned - having skin of a specified kind      
skinless - having no skin


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Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Those strangers would not have been surprised to see a man do such a thing who was being gradually skinned, but they would have marveled at it here, and made remarks about it no doubt, whereas there was nothing in the present case which was an advantage over being skinned.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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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