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• 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

• The Adventures of Marty the Monkey and Gerard the Giraffe — is a collection of Christian allegory based on the parables of Jesus, written by Richard Milner in early 2003. The story follows the zany adventures of two best friends, a monkey named Marty and a giraffe called Gerard, who encounter and… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• clotted cream — noun Date: 1542 a thick cream made chiefly in England by slowly heating whole milk on which the cream has been allowed to rise and then skimming the cooled cream from the top called also Devonshire cream …   New Collegiate 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

• coconut cream — /ˌkoʊkənʌt ˈkrim/ (say .kohkuhnut kreem) noun a thick liquid used in cookery, made by skimming the layer which rises to the top of coconut milk (def. 2), or produced commercially by pressing coconut flesh without water …