''; skainer Dev.* [skrn3(r), ske-na(r).] In phr.
''; skainer Dev.* [skrn3(r), ske-na(r).] In phr. to go or run like a skeaner, to go very fast.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).