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 J. W. (John William) De Forest
"I was juist comin' oot at the kirk door," says I, "when the minister cam' skelp up again' me."
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
But of my own hand it's ever been a matter of congratoolations to me that I don't down nobody an' never takes a skelp.
From Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis
W'y, sir, he neber tuck a skelp in all his life.
From Burl by Morrison Heady
