English

Noun

scissorbill ‎(plural scissorbills)

1. (now rare) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
2. (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
3. (US, pejorative) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
4. (IWW slang, pejorative, archaic) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions.

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References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "scissorbill, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2014.
• Scissorbill, in Dictionary of American Regional English by Joan Houston Hall. Harvard University Press: 2002, Page 786.