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Skinner   /skˈɪnər/   Listen
Skinner

noun
1.
United States actor (1858-1942).  Synonym: Otis Skinner.
2.
United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979).  Synonym: Cornelia Otis Skinner.
3.
United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990).  Synonyms: B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Fred Skinner.
4.
A person who prepares or deals in animal skins.
5.
A worker who drives mules.  Synonyms: mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer.



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B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Fred Skinner
mule skinner
Otis Skinner
Skinnerian


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"Skinner" Quotes from Famous Books



... never swore; neither would he tolerate rough language in his presence from an employe; nevertheless, in his delirium he managed, at least once daily, to heap upon the unfortunate Daney a generous helping of invective of a quality that would have made a mule-skinner blush. Sometimes Mr. Daney was unfortunate enough to drop in at the hospital in time to hear this stream of anathema sounding through the corridor; upon such occasions he would go into The Laird's room and he and old Hector would eye each other ...
— Kindred of the Dust • Peter B. Kyne
... A particularly interesting dramatic event was Mrs. Lemoyne's presentation of In a Balcony at Wallack's Theater, New York, in the autumn of 1900. Mrs. Lemoyne was the Queen, Otis Skinner was Norbet, and Eleanor Robson was Constance. See The ...
— Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning • Robert Browning
... the Rota Club strike me as singularly happy,' he said, tapping the manuscript with the mouthpiece of his pipe. 'Perhaps you might say a word or two more about Cyriac Skinner; one mustn't be too allusive with general readers, their ignorance is incredible. But there is so little to add to this paper—so little to alter—that I couldn't feel justified in sending it as my own work. I think it is altogether too good to appear anonymously. You must sign it, ...
— New Grub Street • George Gissing
... a plan which I think will suit you. You said you wished to go by Holyhead, for fear of delay; so, we'll drive down at six o'clock to Skinner's and dine with him on board the packet at Howth. Bring your luggage with you, and it will save you a vast deal of fuss ...
— The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete • Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
... of Smith's Cove, signed his will in prison, in presence of Benjamin Goldsmith, Abr. Skinner, and myself. C. G. Miller died of small-pox—P. ...
— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge


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