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
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
The wolf's my nat'ral inimy—I'd walk forty miles to git old kit a wolf skelp.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
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
And when a skelp cleaves siffling doom, And vapours scyle a greenish ghaut, Rebellious vandals stamp their feet As rulling Cyons wield hell's prong.
From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean de Esque
