Usually means: Inexperienced or unskilled laborer; derogatory term.
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  1. scissorbill: Merriam-Webster
  2. scissorbill: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scissorbill: Wordnik
  4. scissorbill: Wiktionary
  5. scissorbill: Dictionary.com
  6. scissorbill: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Scissorbill: The Word Detective
  8. Scissorbill: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. scissorbill: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (scissorbill)

noun:  (now rare) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
noun:  (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
noun:  (US, derogatory) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
noun:  (IWW slang, derogatory, archaic) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

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