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

How it must go ag'in the grain with 'em to take a skelp when it comes in the way of dooty!

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

My skelp isn't wuth as much as Bowie's is, anyhow.

From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by Stoddard, William O.

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

What's more just now, gineral," shouted a half-angry ranger, "'twasn't your place to lose yer skelp a-comin'.

From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by Stoddard, William O.