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

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 Stoddard, William O.

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 Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

A high falsetto voice from the gathering' audience cried: 'Oh, ye bad boy, come here till I skelp ye!'—and there was a general laugh, in which the hapless object did not join.

From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)

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