(n.) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
(n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.
Example Sentences:
(1) Part of that must be down to the way the language of welfare reform is surreptitiously laced with innuendo about scroungers and skivers.
(2) They say: "While the chancellor paints a picture of so-called 'strivers' and 'skivers', our organisations see the reality on the ground: families scraping by in low-paid work, or being bounced from insecure jobs to benefits and back again."
(3) Political rhetoric now as in Orwell's day exploits not only euphemism ("austerity") but dysphemism ("skivers") and loaded metaphor ("fiscal cliff"): in our time, weaponised soundbites are deliberately engineered to smuggle the greatest amount of persuasion into the smallest space, to be virally replicated on rolling news.
(4) To justify the cuts, the Tories are likely to employ a narrative of skivers v strivers, suggesting a clear division between a large, permanently welfare-dependent group and the rest of the population who pay taxes to support it.
(5) "Our clients don't appreciate being put in that scroungers and skivers bracket, because they are trying to break out of unemployment."
(6) Skiver” and “scrounger” bashing has had very real consequences.
(7) Skivers, on the other hand, are lazy, unreliable and manipulative, choosing to live at others' expense so that they can sleep, watch television, abuse various substances and fritter away their time.
(8) We're told that the cost of housing benefit is out of control and is because of welfare scroungers and skivers, when the truth is that it is out of control because 10,000 new working households every month have to make a claim as rents keep going up and up while wages are static or fall.
(9) A lot of his constituents felt that they were "being branded as skivers" and "demonised by the system", he said.
(10) Or in the parlance of the moment, "the strivers" v "the skivers".
(11) However, the government’s constant attempts to paint honest people – like low-paid workers relying on tax credits and universal credit – as ‘skivers’ is creating a hostile and accusatory environment.
(12) In George Osborne's dichotomy of strivers versus skivers, they fall on the government-approved side.
(13) Meanwhile, at the launch of a report on poverty published by the Church in Wales and Oxfam Cymru on Tuesday, the archbishop led calls for citizens to question false stereotypes of those in poverty as shirkers and skivers.
(14) And the most insidious myth, increasingly pervasive, is that the poor are workshy , scrounging out chaotic lives in a nation where strivers are paying their taxes for skivers.
(15) Cruel, too, has been the language of "strivers" v "skivers" , which has framed much of the debate around the welfare benefits uprating (more accurately downrating) bill, which recently completed its passage through parliament.
(16) The ground has been well prepared by the government's divisive narrative that separates the population into two opposing camps: strivers and skivers.
(17) You’re trying to get on in life, this narrative goes, but Labour is championing “skivers” or foreigners instead.
(18) Moreover the demonising division of the world into strivers and skivers belies the constant movement in and out of work at the bottom of an insecure labour market.
(19) Britain has been through six years of austerity and nastiness, in which disabled people have had their benefits cut and been labelled by ministers as skivers.
(20) To recap: as a desperate Conservative party scrabbles around for anything approaching a sense of purpose, David Cameron and George Osborne are sounding ever more shrill about the supposed divide between "workers" and "shirkers", or "strivers" and "skivers"; and this latest proposal is aimed at alchemising popularity from prejudice by capping most working-age benefits – including tax credits – at 1% a year until 2015, severing the link between social security (can we use that term, rather than that ideologically loaded US import "welfare"?)
Sumac
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Sumach
Example Sentences:
(1) Try the sweet potato falafel, quinoa, roast vegetables, harissa and sumac yogurt ($23).
(2) Poison oak, ivy, and sumac dermatitis is a T-cell-mediated reaction against urushiol, the oil found in the leaf of the plants.
(3) Remove from the heat and mix in the sumac, chilli and ¼ teaspoon of salt.
(4) The mutagenicity of a spice, sumac, was demonstrated on Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98.
(5) Stir the za’atar, sumac and remaining 75ml oil to a thick paste.
(6) There is an Ottolenghi vibe to lunch dishes of, say, lamb meatballs with hazelnut romesco and mint yoghurt or a salad of sumac- roasted squash with beetroot, sunflower seeds and tzatziki .
(7) Serves 4 For the stuffing 150g white short-grain rice 300g firm red tomatoes, diced into 5mm cubes ½ bunch spring onions, about 50g, trimmed and thinly sliced ½ bunch flat parsley, about 100g, washed, dried, most of the stalks cut off, chopped ¼ bunch mint, about 50g, leaves only, chopped 2 tbsp sumac ¼ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground allspice ¼ tsp finely ground black pepper A pinch of salt Juice of 1 large lemon, or to taste 150ml extra virgin olive oil For the swiss chard 1kg swiss chard 1 large ripe tomato, sliced Salt 1 To make the stuffing, first rinse the rice under cold water.
(8) Baby spinach salad with Medjool dates and almonds Recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Serves 4 1 tbsp white wine vinegar ½ medium red onion, thinly sliced 100g pitted Medjool dates, quartered lengthways 30g unsalted butter 2 tbsp Zaytoun olive oil 2 small pitas, about 100g, roughly torn into 4cm pieces 75g whole unsalted almonds, roughly chopped 2 tsp sumac ½ tsp chilli flakes 150g baby spinach leaves, washed 2 tbsp lemon juice salt Put the vinegar, onion and dates in a small bowl.
(9) How far off is best illustrated by a photo doing the rounds taken of a menu at a Liberal fundraiser in March this year, which describes a Moroccan quail dish as: “Julia Gillard Kentucky fried quail – small breasts, huge thighs and a big red box Moroccan carrot salad and sumac yoghurt.” As prime minister, Gillard is not representative of all women – and nor should she ever be expected to.
(10) On a train in New England in 1980, he pointed out clumps of sumac trees.
(11) This paper deals with the resources of Chinese gallnuts in Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province, Sumac trees and winter host bryophyte were investigated.
(12) Mary-Anne Boermans, Kidderminster Makes 12 400g mixed cooked vegetables 200g cooked potato (1 large potato) ½ tsp salt ½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper ½ tsp garam masala ½ tsp amchoor (dried mango powder) or sumac or lemon juice 2 tbsp cornflour 60g cheshire, feta, paneer or goat's cheese, cut into 12 cubes 3 tbsp oil, for frying For the gravy 2 large onions 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger 60g cashew nuts 60ml plain yoghurt 2 tbsp oil 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves 2 tsp garam masala 1 tsp chilli powder (optional) 1 tsp salt 60g tomato puree 250ml double cream, creme fraiche or evaporated milk 125ml milk 1 Finely chop the vegetables, squeezing out any excess moisture, and grate the cooked potato.
(13) Photograph: Emma Lee for the Guardian In the south, they leave out the lemon juice and olive oil and increase the amount of sumac to 3 tbsp.
(14) Flaked sea salt 400g natural yoghurt 2 tsp dried active yeast ¼ tsp caster sugar 300ml lukewarm water 500g strong white bread flour 110ml olive oil 15g za’atar 1 tbsp sumac Whisk half a teaspoon of salt into the yoghurt.
(15) Top with ale (it will fizz up), sprinkle with sumac and serve.
(16) Expect the menu to feature such dishes as huevos rancheros ; pea fritters with labneh, poached eggs, sumac and pistachios; and toasted sourdough with Vegemite, smashed avocado, feta, mint and popped quinoa.
(17) I describe an inexpensive, nonenzymic analytical system for prescreening substances that might cross-react as Rhus toxing (e.g., poison ivy, poison oak, and sumac allergens) on human skin.
(18) 30ml Noilly Prat vermouth 50ml elderflower liqueur (I use Chase) 1 egg white 10ml basic sugar syrup ½ tsp yuzu juice 200ml Ninkasi (or similar) A pinch of sumac, to finish Put the first five ingredients in a shaker with two ice cubes, shake for 20 seconds and strain into two flutes.
(19) The most frequent cause is the Rhus group (poison ivy, oak, and sumac), and a large percentage of the US population is sensitized to this group of allergens.
(20) The house smells faintly of za'atar , the thyme and sumac mixture Palestinians claim as their national dish and, on a side-table, stands a model of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.