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

I can locate the trouble all right, if I don't have to hang on to my skelp with both hands.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.

So soople, he could gi'e a skelp wi't, Could licht his pipe, or pick his teeth wi't; And at his pleasure, short or lang, It telescoped up to the stang.

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet

He would have lost both skelp an' standin' if he had.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

"I s'pose I must show his skelp," thought Texas, "or they won't hand over the dust."

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)