DCHP-2
mule-skinner † Esp. West, Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a mule-team driver.
See also: catskinner 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.
- 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.