skite

Example Sentences

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What's the Greek for tobaccy?" they continued—"or for Larry O'Toole? or for bletherum skite?

From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

His "skite" had cost him a good deal of money, and he intended to make good some of the loss by economising on his marriage.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

P'r'aps we 'ave 'ad some skite knocked out, an' p'r'aps we see more clear, But seems to us there's plenty cleanin'-up to do round 'ere.

From Digger Smith by Gye, Hal

Though, say she know it "ain't Old Kriss— He kissed her, so she waked an' saw Him skite out—an' it wuz her Pa."

From The Book of Joyous Children by Vawter, Will

To go to sea with his feet fast in such a little skite of a craft as that!

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)