skelp
Example Sentences
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David Narey's famous skelp to put Scotland one up against Brazil in 1982 was the exact point at which the rot set in.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2010
They keeps pesterin' an' projectin' about ontil the rattlesnake is plumb defunct, an' then they emits a whirlwind of new whoops, an' goes over to one side an' pulls off a skelp dance.
From Wolfville by Alfred Henry Lewis
And when a skelp cleaves siffling doom, And vapours scyle a greenish ghaut, Rebellious vandals stamp their feet As rulling Cyons wield hell's prong.
From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean de Esque
It was not every man, he proudly asserted, who could receive and survive a skelp o' the Deil's tail!
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
After the skelp dance is over, Bill an' Jim tiptoes over mighty quiet an' sedate, an' Jim takes their prey by the tail an' yanks it.
From Wolfville by Alfred Henry Lewis
