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

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

But I 'low I cut my eye-teeth 'bout as airly as some of you that's got more larnin' under your skelp.

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

Say, Lassie, why thy train amang, While loud the trump’s heroic clang, And sock or buskin skelp alang, To death or marriage; Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang But wi’ miscarriage?

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

Moreover, he lets this Silver Phil go onharmed when by every roole his skelp is forfeit.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry