skelp

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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

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

A high falsetto voice from the gathering' audience cried: 'Oh, ye bad boy, come here till I skelp ye!'—and there was a general laugh, in which the hapless object did not join.

From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)

"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.

I. Contented wi’ little, and cantie wi’ mair, Whene’er I forgather wi’ sorrow end care, I gie them a skelp, as they’re creepin alang, Wi’ a cog o’ guid swats, and an auld Scottish sang.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert