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skin merchant

noun

Etymology

From skin + merchant.

  1. derived from marchaunt
  2. inherited from marchaunt
  3. compounded as skin merchant — “skin + merchant”

Definitions

  1. One who trades in skin-based products like furs and leather.

    • But (Mr. Schneider now points his finger accusingly the skin merchant is generally successful, extracting the major profit at the root, which he does not transmit to the rest of the trade.

  2. A recruiting officer.

    • Capt. Trepan says: ‘I am a manufacturer of honour and glory—vulgarly called a recruiting dealer—or, more vulgarly still, a skin merchant.’

  3. A prostitute.

    • When Chad fucked the skin merchant, what did he do to make it better with y’all?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA