A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.
One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
A losing proposition, one that is likely to lose or already has lost (such as a losing bet or, analogously, a predictably fruitless task or errand).
Something of poor quality.
A contemptible or unfashionable person.
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.
To skewer, impale.