skean
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He described the defeat as "the night of long skean dhus".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2015
Last week at 98 he was the oldest Highland chieftain, with tasseled sporran and a jeweled skean dhus dirk in his stocking.
From Time Magazine Archive
I moved backward, hand on my skean, braced for a sudden rush.
From The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
It is my grandfather's skean dhu," he said: "I mend my pens with it, you know!
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by George MacDonald
I had my skean handy, but I had a hunch this wasn't anything I could settle with a skean.
From The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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