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 s'pose I must show his skelp," thought Texas, "or they won't hand over the dust."
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
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
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
Silver Phil—imagine the turpitoode of sech a ornery wretch!—is out for the lovely skelp of Faro Nell who detects him in his ha'r-copper frauds that time.
From Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis
