skanker

See also: skänker

English

Etymology

skank +‎ -er

Noun

skanker (plural skankers)

1. Someone who dances the skank.
   • 1985 October, Richard Steffens, “World Beat”, in SPIN‎^[1], page 18:

     Yellowman, the salacious skanker whose purple raps have kept him in hot water for many years, had surgery recently. His ironic ailment? Cancer of the jaw.

   • 1986 May, Andrea ’Enthal, “Underground”, in SPIN‎^[2], page 39:

     From the whispered vocals in Shadow of Fear’s “Now’s the Time,” with its softly flanged streaks, to the punky Idiot Humans, whose metal-edged “Dressed in Green” howls and growls for skanker’s delight, Pelted is either delightfully or annoyingly consistent.

2. (Jamaica) A dishonest person, a dissolute person.
   • 1996, Weekly Gleaner, 1973, quoted in Richard Allsopp (ed.) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, page 510:

     But please make sure you’re not a skanker out to give worries.

   • 2015 July 10, Met, “TO THOSE WHO DON’T WANT TO COME HERE BUT DO (comment)”, in Jamaican Matey Groupie‎^[3]:

     Including di skanker wid di cane cause when mi si fi him video and di comment whey dem all a come include Toya ina it like Toya was a teef.

References

• “skanker n” in Richard Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (1996).