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.

"Begging my paurdon 'll no dae," was the retort, "I'm gaun to gie ye a skelp o' the lug!"

From Prince Fortunatus by Black, William

I canna tell a', I canna tell a', Some got a skelp and some got a claw, But they gar't the Featherstons haud their jaw.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

A high falsetto voice from the gathering' audience cried: 'Oh, ye bad boy, come here till I skelp ye!'—and there was a general laugh, in which the hapless object did not join.

From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)