Meaning of skin merchant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who trades in skin-based products like furs and leather.
2. A recruiting officer.
   derogatory, obsolete
3. A prostitute.
   colloquial

Examples

“The fur broker buys and sells on commission for his clients, while the skin merchant buys for his own⟳ stock⟳ the kinds of furs for which he anticipates a demand⟳. Each class of trader is of necessity an expert in raw furs, and the skin merchant can tell⟳ not only the exact grade and value of a skin, but often the precise district of its country of origins.”

“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⟳.”

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

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

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