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Definition skiver

Etymology 1

skive (“play truant”) +‎ -er. Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”).

Noun

skiver (plural skivers)

1. A slacker.
2. A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.

Etymology 2

skive (“to shave”) +‎ -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive.

Noun

skiver (plural skivers)

1. One who uses a skive (or skives).
2. (dialectal) A skewer.
3. An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
4. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.

Verb

skiver (third-person singular simple present skivers, present participle skivering, simple past and past participle skivered)

1. (Britain, dialectal) To skewer, impale.

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