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horse-skinner
after mule-skinner
n.
West, Slang a teamster.
1954
 
Long braided or shot-loaded black-snake lashes on a short stock for horses, long stock for bulls--were the standard whip equipment, and either bull whacker or horse skinner had to be able to make his whip talk.