Definition of "currier" [cur•ri•er]

• One that prepares tanned hides for use. (noun)

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• "It seems they made a dreadful charivari at the village boundary, threw a quantity of spell-bearing objects over the border, a buffalo's skull and other things; then branded a chamur -- what you would call a currier -- on his hinder parts and drove him and a number of pigs over into Jelbo's village."
• "In itself, I do not suppose that the trade of a currier is a very pleasant one; but that matters little if, when work is done, one has leisure for some sort of communication with others, and for improving one's mind."
• "As a ex-bike currier I was trying to use TomTom for bikes and found it quite dangerous to use."