Meaning & use
Skiver
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A thin, tough leather made by splitting a sheepskin, used for bookbinding and other light leather goods; in British informal use, a person who deliberately avoids work or duty.
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The old journal's cover was bound in soft red skiver leather.
The manager complained that one skiver on the team kept vanishing whenever there was heavy lifting to do.
A note on using this word
The leather sense and the "lazy person" slang sense are unrelated, the latter deriving from the British verb "skive," meaning to evade work.
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2. noun
A thin leather made by splitting sheepskin, used in bookbinding and small leather goods.
The notebook's cover was wrapped in dark green skiver.
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