skelp
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
It was not every man, he proudly asserted, who could receive and survive a skelp o' the Deil's tail!
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
"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
He would have lost both skelp an' standin' if he had.
From Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis
