passenger vs skiver

passenger

noun
  • One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. 

  • A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year. 

  • A moth, Dysgonia algira 

  • Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work. 

  • Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile. 

verb
  • To ride as a passenger in a vehicle. 

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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