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 was juist comin' oot at the kirk door," says I, "when the minister cam' skelp up again' me."

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

I. Contented wi’ little, and cantie wi’ mair, Whene’er I forgather wi’ sorrow end care, I gie them a skelp, as they’re creepin alang, Wi’ a cog o’ guid swats, and an auld Scottish sang.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

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)

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 Lewis, Alfred Henry