"skanker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skankers [plural]
Etymology: skank + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skank|er}} skank + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} skanker (plural skankers)
  1. Someone who dances the skank.
    Sense id: en-skanker-en-noun-UZUTAEVP
  2. (Jamaica) A dishonest person, a dissolute person. Tags: Jamaica
    Sense id: en-skanker-en-noun-WZX7vgDL Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 23 77

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1986 May, Andrea ’Enthal, “Underground”, in SPIN, page 39",
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