skelp
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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
"Begging my paurdon 'll no dae," was the retort, "I'm gaun to gie ye a skelp o' the lug!"
From Prince Fortunatus by William Black
This old bronco fancier's skelp is over on my bridle, if you thinks you'd know it.'
From Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis
"I was juist comin' oot at the kirk door," says I, "when the minister cam' skelp up again' me."
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
To slap with the open hand: an old word, said to have been imported from Iceland:— "I canno' tell a'; Some gat a skelp, and some gat a claw."
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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