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

W'y, sir, he neber tuck a skelp in all his life.

From Burl by Heady, Morrison

And when a skelp cleaves siffling doom, And vapours scyle a greenish ghaut, Rebellious vandals stamp their feet As rulling Cyons wield hell's prong.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by de Esque, Jean

I a said I'll never gie wife, nor barn, nor folk o' no sort, skelp nor sizzup more, and ye'll know o' me no more among the sipers.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

It’s a good skelp, a fine head o’ hair an’ I wuz proud o’ it.

From The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)