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skinks

noun

Meaning

  1. A shin of beef.
  2. A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
  3. (by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
  4. A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.
  5. A drink.
  6. To serve (a drink).
  7. To give as a present.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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