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Skimmer

noun

A rapid superficial reader.

A cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids.

A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown. Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, straw hat.

Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food.

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"Skimmer" Quotes from Famous Books

... mass and then rub your hands with salad oil and then form this mass into balls. Cook for twenty minutes in boiling salted water. Lift with a skimmer on a napkin to drain. Serve with either onion, tomato or creamed sauce, or the dumplings may be rolled in flour, browned quickly in hot ...

— Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book - Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions • Mary A. Wilson

... long before the world, and are dead figures to the Skimmer of things, but tell a dark tale to the Reader of things, so dark, that I pray Heaven to protect me, and all other weak inoffensive persons, from the protection of my Lord Chancellor ...

— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

Words linked to "Skimmer" : reader, hat, Rynchops, lid, cooking utensil, cookware, coastal diving bird, chapeau, genus Rynchops, skim, Panama hat