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skinned

/ skɪnd /

adjective

  1. stripped of the skin
    1. having a skin as specified
    2. ( in combination )

      thick-skinned

  2. keep one's eyes skinned or keep one's eyes peeled
    to watch carefully
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The media, he said, and especially the late-night comedy shows, “skinned me alive. They rolled me in margarita salt.”

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My mom is lighter skinned, so she always thought she was the pretty one.

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Using an ancient shepherd practice, the dead lambs are skinned, and the orphans given a makeshift "coat".

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He’s perfectly suited for politics – thin skinned, not too bright, and has an overinflated view of his own self-worth.

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I’ve never heard of roller Frisbee and imagine all sorts of collisions and skinned knees.

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