Amelia understood these words, which were addressed to Fraulein von Haak, and a horrible wild laugh burst from her bloody, Skinless lips.
"Berlin and Sans-Souci"
Louise Muhlbach
And yet how painful it was to have to divest himself of that gown which seemed to cling to his skin, and how heartrending the thought that if he did remove it he would be Skinless, lacerated, infirm, unable, do what he might, to become like other men!
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
No man except Carnac, and that he had done it was like a lash upon the raw Skinless flesh.
"Carnac's Folly, Volume 2."
Gilbert Parker