| 单词 | skinner |
| 例句 | A young mule skinner named Milton Humason helped to transport mechanical and optical equipment, scientists, engineers and dignitaries up the mountain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a good skinner. He can rassel grain bags, drive a cultivator. He can do anything. Just give him a try.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe Slim. Slim comes in sometimes two, three times a night. Slim’s a real skinner. He looks out for his team.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Slim’s as good a skinner as I ever seen.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The skinner had been studying the old dog with his calm eyes. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked as a “lumper,” bringing boxes of fish from the boats, then as a journeyman, wheeling them to the loading zones, then as a skinner, a cutter, a salesman, and, finally, a buyer. The Last Robot-Proof Job in America? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z An enthusiastic downhill skier, I spotted my first skinners battling uphill a year before my own huffing-and-puffing attempt. Skiing as It Was Before Chairlifts 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Twan was bony, even skinner than I was, so skinny he didn't have shoulders. My city kid summer camp nightmare 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z With the film industry in its growing stages, even a former mule skinner by the name of Hal Roach could quickly become a major player. Hal Roach's film legacy explored in Hollywood Museum exhibition 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The milliner Stephen Jones said the same before a show of Edward Crutchley’s work, held inside a medieval guild hall devoted to London’s skinners, and most notable for its hats. In London, Cheetos Tans and a Codpiece Are in Fashion 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Everything began with personnel identified as "skinners," who would select an animal from the tarp and heave it onto a table. In a world that still traps animals, can science ever limit suffering? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “Also, I’ve made skinner style knives that are good for skinning deer and I’ve been getting into making oyster knives and chefs knives,” Thompson said. South Carolina drummer forges knives, tools in home workshop 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Dale Firm, a 57-year-old fish skinner for Campo, said he likely faces a future of welfare and food stamps if the bills pass. Florida fishermen fret as shark fin sale ban moves forward 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z With the monkeys — I found this so interesting — there was an experiment done with what are called skinner cages. Dr. Sanjay Gupta on how income inequality is making us stressed out 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z He once successfully administered antivenin to a skinner who had been bitten by a snake, he wrote in a column for Sports Afield, and soldered a leaking radiator on a baggage truck. Harry Selby, genteel safari guide from a bygone era, dies at 92 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Once the vet finished the external inspection, the skinner would gently comb through the animal's fur with a metal instrument to remove dust and matted blood. In a world that still traps animals, can science ever limit suffering? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z At the time, a lot of third-party skinners produced a variety of themes to customize the Start menu and overall look of Windows XP. A history of the Windows Start menu 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z One of them was Frederick Wesley Morse, a fish skinner in a cod factory in Maine and an amateur photographer who later went pro. New book celebrates theater scene art, conservation efforts 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s absolutely absurd, but its popularity has been maintained by a constant carpeting bombing of ads and an addicted public who can latch onto any game with skinner box mechanics, no matter how bad. The Most Prominent Video Game Super Bowl Ad Will Be Kate Upton In 'Game of War' 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z The former kangaroo skinner was despondent and suicidal when he pleaded guilty in March 2007 to providing material support for terrorism, they said. Australian asks U.S. court to overturn his Guantanamo conviction 2013-11-05T17:13:36Z Then, the skinner would make an incision in the fur and beginning cutting it away from the body, often while the vets stood by, watching for signs of damage on the gradually exposed flesh. In a world that still traps animals, can science ever limit suffering? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Critics called it a glorified skinner box, a compulsive trap of clicks and rewards, but fans loved creating and sharing their farms. Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus on the future of the company: part one 2012-08-01T09:05:49Z There was not much to choose between a cowboy and a skinner, and very little difference between Major Ferguson's command and that of Marion and Sumpter. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Accompanied by Melchior Rinck, also a skinner or furrier, and a religious enthusiast, he made his way to Sweden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The hunter at once remounted, and left his skinners to remove the hide. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Eventually, the skinners would deliver the body itself, often skinned except for the lower legs and skull, to the necropsy tables. In a world that still traps animals, can science ever limit suffering? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z "That is what I call talking like a skinner," replied the Italian. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Even those who didn't support Hicks' return to Australia couldn't help but be interested the story of the kangaroo skinner turned jihadist turned Guantánamo Bay prisoner. Should the 'Australian Taliban' Profit from His Memoirs? 2011-08-15T04:45:00Z "He is a skinner, maybe; and, anyhow, if there's money to be made we should keep it at home." Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z After about twelve months' life in the bush, he fell in with a troop of skinners, to whom he related his story. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z A passing skinner looked in on the necropsy, and asked a question: Could the animal feel her paw the whole time she chewed it? In a world that still traps animals, can science ever limit suffering? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The saddlers had their hall, and the lorimers or harness-makers theirs, and the skinners and leather sellers and tanners had theirs. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z At the bottom of the gorge is the evil-smelling quarter of the skinners and tanners, men who proved their value when it was resolved to slay the Armenians. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z So when brother January he come home, de massa took down his long mule skinner and tied him wid a rope to a pine tree. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z “I think you will find that your cowboys and skinners are pretty well up to date,” laughed Mr. Sanders. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z He must be got rid of, he is a regular skinner! Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z The Hottentot skinner usually plied the vocation of tailor too. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z A brightly painted Indian with eagle feathered bonnet and a string of grizzly claws around his neck, won a mule skinner's money. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter This district having then practically no government, the inhabitants suffered much, not only through the military operations of the hostile forces, but from bands of marauders known as “cowboys” and “skinners.” The Spy Condensed for use in schools First you have the cowboys and skinners meeting there and then you have men who may be modern cowboys and skinners in flesh and blood who make it their headquarters. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z "You have been a regular skinner!" cried a voice from the crowd. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z It was no uncommon thing to find skilled artisans among them, practicing the art of skinner, tailor, or blacksmith, while the women were expert mat and rope makers. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Thick skins are too heavy to carry and too thick to be pliable, so the skinners often spend a week paring down a skin till it's portable. The Blind Lion of the Congo The trades of tanners, skinners and glove-makers existed at the time of the Conquest, and the importation of marten skins is mentioned in Domesday. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" With the latter practice the skull is crushed with the result that there is a nasty mess which discolours the flesh side of the pelt and makes very disagreeable work for the skinner. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country I expressed my pleasure at having provided the skinners with amusement and bidding them farewell, trotted on. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Young McCrae launched a string of epithets at him, the cream of the vocabularies of certain mule skinners of his acquaintance. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Besides the porters there were tent boys, skinners, gun-bearers and cooks to the number of thirty. The Blind Lion of the Congo The trades of tanners, skinners and glove-makers existed at the time of the Conquest, and the export trade in wool in the 13th and 14th centuries was considerable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In place of a zareba, the traps were set out, but there was to be no rest for the skinners. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series The skinner was a fat, good-humoured creature, like all Spaniards intensely curious; and to prepare the way for inquiries, offered a cigarette. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Have a care," he said; "the country beyond swarms with cowboys and skinners, and the rebel horse ride everywhere unchecked. The Reckoning Now see here," he ordered as the skinners collected around the body, "I've had enough of this business. The Blind Lion of the Congo "It's no crime to skin a skinner–or to shoot one either, Here's where you get yours!" Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California He was telling of the time he had been a mule skinner in New Mexico, of how he had ridden mail near Deming, and of frontier days at Tombstone. The Highgrader I remembered the skinner's question, why I rode through the country when I could go by train. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia "And you were talking about Harris and Ditson being skinners!" came reproachfully from Jones. Frank Merriwell's Races Sanctified folks are the cleverest skinners in all Christendom, and their Jordan tans and constringes us to the avoirdupois of mummies. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The phrase "a prince's pelf" is reprobated, because pelf means properly "the scraps or shreds of taylors and of skinners." Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth The miner had been a mule skinner in his time, just as he had tried his hand at a dozen other occupations. The Highgrader The “kings” throw the blubber in rough out of the “flense gut” to the “krangers” on deck; from them it is passed to the harpooners, who are the skinners. Peter the Whaler The gunbearers are usually fairly good skinners and if carefully watched and directed can treat the heads and skins so that they may be safely got in to Nairobi. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Millinery agents from New York would sometimes take skinners with them and going to a favourable locality would employ local gunners to shoot the birds which they in turn would skin. The Bird Study Book The scholars follow no trade, they are merely the pupils of those who do practise a profession, and they have no right to choose rulers for themselves any more than the apprentices of the skinners. Life in the Medieval University But early in the year 1529 there arrived in Strassburg a much-travelled man, a skinner by trade, by name Melchior Hoffmann. German Culture Past and Present Three-fourths of the public are suckers, one-fourth skinners. Watch Yourself Go By However unlike a bower fitted for beauty and love, it is said that here Arlette, the skinner's daughter, was confined of William the Conqueror. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre The doping of his four fellow skinners at Ragtown had a part in the plan. The She Boss A Western Story On Holy Innocents' Day, a bachelor was murdered by a skinner in a street riot, and the murderer, though he was seen by some respectable citizens, was allowed to escape. Life in the Medieval University At least there was no lack of water—with the local skinners filtered out. Voodoo Planet This Nation has been cowering behind the line of law, while the looters and skinners have disarmed our very firing line. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The skinners and curers knew so little of the proper mode of curing hides, that at least half of those actually taken were lost. The Extermination of the American Bison Jo shouted through the rain, just as Hiram's teams began negotiating the system of hairpin curves upon which Jo's skinners had rolled the boulder in retaliation for the drained water tank. The She Boss A Western Story The criminal was pursued to the house of a skinner called Meysen, where he took refuge. Life in the Medieval University Dort did a large export trade in hides and in meat to the towns lying below them, and it was clear that it was from the butchers and skinners that the mob was chiefly drawn. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars "At least our friend Tex does not seem to be stricken with dumbness," Endicott smiled as the words of the buffalo skinner's song broke forth anew. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country Where buffalo were very plentiful the number of skinners was increased. The Extermination of the American Bison Too many difficulties might arise on the road that a lone skinner—even a man skinner—could not cope with. The She Boss A Western Story A conference between the University and the city authorities took place, and edicts against carrying arms were published, but the skinners immediately indulged in another outrage. Life in the Medieval University The merchant spat his contempt: "Wretches!" he declared; "debased associates of skinners of dead animals, and scrapers of skulls; Bah!" and he spat again. Caste They were "skinners" in the patriot militia, some have said; some that they were farmers' sons not in the army. In the Days of Poor Richard It soon became apparent to even the most enterprising buffalo skinner that this method was not an unqualified success, and it was presently abandoned. The Extermination of the American Bison I want twenty skinners, same job, forty a month and found. The She Boss A Western Story These restaurant fellows are skinners of the worst order. The Colossus A Novel The manufacture of leather was the leading industry of old Ipswich, and there was a goodly company of skinners, barkers, and tanners employed in the trade. Vanishing England The "skinners" had been as hard to buy as the learned diplomat. In the Days of Poor Richard In 1882 there were, so it is estimated by men who were in the country, no fewer than five thousand white hunters and skinners on the northern range. The Extermination of the American Bison The world has not an oversupply of expert jerkline skinners, and the plucky girl's chances for success depended in great part on obtaining good men to handle her teams. The She Boss A Western Story Out of the night a mule skinner shouted a profane and drunken greeting to him. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West In ours whom else have we for our herdsmen, shepherds, cobblers, skinners, cleaners of our dog kennels, ay, even of our privies, but Englishmen? The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times The "skinners" were plunderers, but first of all and above all they were patriots. In the Days of Poor Richard Thither went scores of “outfits” and hundreds of hunters and skinners from the Northern Pacific Railway towns from Miles City to Glendive. The Extermination of the American Bison She had small hopes of obtaining good skinners by this method, but no other course presented itself. The She Boss A Western Story The speaker was the young mule skinner known as Cuffs. Mavericks Even mule skinners would drive blocks out of their way just to hear little Shelley's words when someone called him sissy or girl-boy. Ma Pettengill Your American mule skinner never makes them tokens. Wolfville Nights The most approved party consisted of four men—one shooter, two skinners, and one man to cook, stretch hides, and take care of camp. The Extermination of the American Bison The mellow call that he sent out had rung through miles of Mendocino forest, and now caused every skinner in the line to turn and look back. The She Boss A Western Story At the same time I draws my skinner and lays it on the back of his neck, tempting. Pardners Four wagons was mortally hurt," said the lady, "but of course not a mule skinner touched. Ma Pettengill Sanctified folks are the cleverest skinners in all Christendom, and their Jordan tans and constringes us to the averdupoise of mummies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 The "mule skinners," busy with preparations for their own departure, stopped work to jeer us. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) But she had not the heart to refuse Tweet's offer, and she wanted her skinners to rest for the remainder of the night, in view of the hard work that lay before them. The She Boss A Western Story Late in the afternoon, Zeb White, Smith's oldest skinner, having exchanged all of his hard coin for liquid refreshment, zigzagged into the corral, crawled under a wagon, and went to sleep. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations And that mule just followed the string up and down the hills and across the sand, doin' his best to tell the skinner that he wanted to get back into the harness. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life He prays you hasten to his assistance, for the butchers and skinners are attacking Maître Leroux's house, and had begun to hammer on the door when I was still in the street. At Agincourt Presently Stewart's train came shambling up, and a joyful lot the "mule skinners" were at what they believed their victory. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Ahead of them she could hear her skinners shouting back and forth from wagon to wagon above the jingling of the bells, their tones high-pitched and angry. The She Boss A Western Story Later, she could get another animal hide from one of the camp skinners. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs The last day he was too stiff to get on his feet, so me and Jimmy Harp heaved him up while the skinner was gettin' the chains on the other mules. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life The number of men they have lost, and specially the deaths of Legoix and of the young Caboche, have infuriated the butchers and skinners. At Agincourt The Chinese skinner was sitting on a log, rubbing a huge butcher's knife on a sharpening stone. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life For jerkline jobs are scarce these days, and a jerkline skinner would rather follow his calling than do any other sort of work. The She Boss A Western Story I'm a stranger here, but I'll help pull a rope tight around that mule- skinner's neck. The Long Chance Well, he may be a handicraftsman of some kind: a journeyman butcher, skinner, tailor, or baker. Cashel Byron's Profession "In truth I can well understand, Signor Montepone, that the nobles should revolt against this association with butchers and skinners; 'tis past all bearing that fellows like these should thus meddle in public affairs." At Agincourt So now we will get on with Paul's doings and in the language of the four-horse skinner, "Let's dangle!" The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan She had written Mr. Demarest and asked him to advertise for two good jerkline skinners to be shipped with the first draft of laborers he would get from San Francisco. The She Boss A Western Story "Here's a skinner's knife for you," said a third. The King of Ireland's Son I would give a good deal," he said, "for two bourgeois jerkins, even were they as foul as those of the skinners. St. George for England There will be for some time a mighty animosity on the part of these butchers and skinners against me, and it is only reasonable that after such an attack I should close my shop. At Agincourt And he was tryin' to get Helen all the time for himself, the skinner! The Portygee The rest of the skinners moved on slowly down the mountain, looking back for Jo's signal for them to stop. The She Boss A Western Story The greater crafts such as the fishmongers, skinners, and the corders organized and ultimately were recognized by town authorities as self-governing craft guilds. Our Legal Heritage Mr. Tweet made himself very useful by acting as waiter, and hopped about with pots and pans, leading the steaming food on the skinners' plates. The She Boss A Western Story Madam, I have swiftly reached the conclusion that I am not a jerkline skinner. The She Boss A Western Story Why did you ship down here as a jerkline skinner, Mr. Tweet? The She Boss A Western Story With well-trained teams, like we have, a freight skinner has hours and hours on the road when he has nothing to do but loll on his seat and smoke. The She Boss A Western Story The goldsmiths, tailors, skinners, and girdlers bought royal charters, which recognized their power of self-government as a company and their power to enforce their standards, perhaps throughout the country. Our Legal Heritage Then the wagon train came to a stop at the curves, and Jo and all of her skinners walked through the forest to the scene of Hiram's battle. The She Boss A Western Story Drummond and Lucy stared at each other when the skinner had left. The She Boss A Western Story Oh, yes," she said lightly to the skinner, "I know what she refers to. The She Boss A Western Story The head skinner, Blink Keddie, had no more than entered the pass with his eight bay mules when a man stepped into the road and held up a hand for him to stop. The She Boss A Western Story Even as matters stood, she could have used one more jerkline skinner could she have found one good enough to handle her much-loved animals. The She Boss A Western Story There was no moon, and as the desert road was little more than a trail Heine Schultz let his team tag Keddie's and walked ahead with a lantern to guide the lead skinner. The She Boss A Western Story The three went out and joined the head skinner, who pointed far over the shimmering desert at three dots moving along from the mountains toward the Washburn-Stokes camp. The She Boss A Western Story When my father ran this freight outfit our skinners cooked for themselves, and often were obliged to eat cold lunches. The She Boss A Western Story "Mornin'," he drawled as the following teams came to a stop, and skinners cupped hands behind their ears to listen. The She Boss A Western Story Mr. Tweet ate supper with Jo and her skinners, and afterward the outfit spent a pleasant evening listening to the promoter's rosy plannings. The She Boss A Western Story She continued to wonder at the unwonted speed of the skinners ahead of Hiram. The She Boss A Western Story Then Hiram's wagon entered upon a system of hairpin curves, and for nearly fifteen minutes none of her skinners was in sight. The She Boss A Western Story Jo's skinners had come running back, and, with Tweet and Huber, looked on expectantly, sensing that a crisis between the two big huskies was imminent. The She Boss A Western Story Jerkline skinners are so hard to get, particularly in this country. The She Boss A Western Story "Yes, so some one said," Lucy smiled amiably at the dusty skinner. The She Boss A Western Story For the first time she told him of what her skinners had had to report when they were over their sickness following the doping at Ragtown. The She Boss A Western Story |
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