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skinked | skinker |

As a verb skinked

is past tense of skink.

As a noun skinker is

one who serves liquor; a tapster.

skinked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (skink)

    • skink

    English

    (wikipedia skink)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) scinc, from (etyl) scincus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) scencan or (etyl) skenkja.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) to serve (a drink)
  • * Shirley
    • Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) drink
  • (obsolete) pottage
    • (Francis Bacon)
    Derived terms
    * Cullen skink (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    skinker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who serves liquor; a tapster.

    • References

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    Anagrams

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    Noun

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