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 Lewis, Alfred Henry

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

I canna tell a', I canna tell a', Some got a skelp and some got a claw, But they gar't the Featherstons haud their jaw.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

I can locate the trouble all right, if I don't have to hang on to my skelp with both hands.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.