skite

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His "skite" had cost him a good deal of money, and he intended to make good some of the loss by economising on his marriage.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

"To eat skite" is to talk or act foolishly.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

I know the little skite like a top, Judge–and there’s one thing about her: She’s a loyal little body.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

To go to sea with his feet fast in such a little skite of a craft as that!

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

What's the Greek for tobaccy?" they continued—"or for Larry O'Toole? or for bletherum skite?

From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William