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
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 Robert Burns
So soople, he could gi'e a skelp wi't, Could licht his pipe, or pick his teeth wi't; And at his pleasure, short or lang, It telescoped up to the stang.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
It’s a good skelp, a fine head o’ hair an’ I wuz proud o’ it.
From The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
What's more just now, gineral," shouted a half-angry ranger, "'twasn't your place to lose yer skelp a-comin'.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
