absentee vs skiver

absentee

noun
  • A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. 

  • One that is nonexistent or lacking. 

  • A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. 

  • A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter. 

adj
  • Pertaining to one that is absent. 

skiver

noun
  • A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school. 

  • The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins. 

  • One who uses a skive (or skives). 

  • An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc. 

  • A slacker. 

  • A skewer. 

verb
  • To skewer, impale. 

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