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 was juist comin' oot at the kirk door," says I, "when the minister cam' skelp up again' me."

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

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 Flint, Violet

This old bronco fancier's skelp is over on my bridle, if you thinks you'd know it.'

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

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