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
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 William O. Stoddard
The Poet, some guid angel help him, Or else, I fear some ill ane skelp him, He may do weel for a’ he’s done yet, But only—he’s no just begun yet.
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 Robert Burns
W'y, sir, he neber tuck a skelp in all his life.
From Burl by Morrison Heady
Of course, while this party's blind with the nose-paint, he's easy; an' Fowler tharupon e'llects his skelp in manner, form an' time to suit his tastes.
From Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis
