skimming the cream off

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• cream off — verb 1. remove from the surface skim cream from the surface of milk • Syn: ↑skim, ↑skim off, ↑cream • See Also: ↑cream off (for: ↑cream), ↑skim off …   Useful english dictionary

• skimming — n taking money illegally (e.g. before declaring it for tax purposes, or to defraud the eventual recipients) from income or profits, especially in casinos. The word is part of underworld jargon as used by organised crime in the USA. Skim was used… …   Contemporary slang

• Cream skimming — is a pejorative term used to refer to the perceived business practice of a company providing a product or a service to only the high value or low cost customers of that product or service. Whether or not the perceived negative effects of cream… …   Wikipedia

• Cream — Cream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creamed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaming}.] 1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream. [1913 Webster] 2. To take off the best or choicest part of. [1913 Webster] 3. To furnish with, or as with, cream. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• skim off — PHRASAL VERB If someone skims off the best part of something, or money which belongs to other people, they take it for themselves. [V n P n] He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy... [V P n (not pron)] Rich Italian clubs such… …   English dictionary

• Skimming — Skim Skim (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed} (sk[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Skimming}.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See {Scum}.] 1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skimming — may refer to: *Skimming (liquids), separating liquids or solids from the top of a liquid, e.g. as cream from whole milk. *Skimming (reading) or speed reading * a very common form of white collar theft, skimming refers to taking cash off the top… …   Wikipedia

• To cream butter — Cream Cream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creamed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaming}.] 1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream. [1913 Webster] 2. To take off the best or choicest part of. [1913 Webster] 3. To furnish with, or as with, cream.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• skim off — verb 1. remove from the surface (Freq. 2) skim cream from the surface of milk • Syn: ↑skim, ↑cream off, ↑cream • See Also: ↑cream off (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• clotted cream — noun A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%. I like to have scones with jam and clotted cream for afternoon tea …   Wiktionary

• clotted cream — clot′ted cream′ n. coo brit. a thick, rich cream made by gently cooking whole milk and skimming off the layer of cream from the top Also called Devonshire cream • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang