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

But no'th'ard it's different; thar in that sacred region cattle killin' an' skelp collectin' don't go.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry

The Poet, some guid angel help him, Or else, I fear some ill ane skelp him, He may do weel for a’ he’s done yet, But only—he’s no just begun yet.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

But of my own hand it's ever been a matter of congratoolations to me that I don't down nobody an' never takes a skelp.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry

The wolf's my nat'ral inimy—I'd walk forty miles to git old kit a wolf skelp.

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge