mule-skinner † Esp. West, Hist.
n. a mule-team driver.
See also: skinner (def. 1)
- 1889  There are four different occupations in the country the men engage in, which are called bull-whackers and mule-skinners, applied to freighters who drive oxen or mules, broncho-busters and cow-punchers.
- 1962  I'd the repertoire of a mule-skinner, developed behind a wide variety of knotheaded horses.