A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing.
A person who is up to no good; a rogue.
Showing the characteristics of a ne'er-do-well: indolent, worthless, or roguish.
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.