skittles
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Pronounced to rhyme with "shall" only the vowel must be very much prolonged. kittled = tickled. myek = make. gairdle cake = girdle cake, i.e. a cake baked on a griddle.
From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Terry, Richard Runciman
Bell: What have you heard this fifteen-year, except The bleat of sheep, till Ruth’s voice kittled your ear?
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson