skean

Example Sentences

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He described the defeat as "the night of long skean dhus".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2015

Last week at 98 he was the oldest Highland chieftain, with tasseled sporran and a jeweled skean dhus dirk in his stocking.

From Time Magazine Archive

I edged backward, my own hand racing up for a skean I hadn't carried in six years, and fronted them squarely, hoping I could face down the prospect of a roughhouse.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

The hilt of his skean was carved from a single green gem.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

A Sassenach chief may be bonily built, He may purchase a sporran, a bonnet, and kilt; Stick a skean in his hose—wear an acre of stripes— But he cannot assume an affection for pipes.

From The Best Nonsense Verses by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam