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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
skite .
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Examples
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In New Zealand where I come from, people who promoted themselves too hard were known as skites.
Revelations [Danny Stack Memed Me] DAVID BISHOP 2008
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In New Zealand where I come from, people who promoted themselves too hard were known as skites.
Archive 2008-05-01 DAVID BISHOP 2008
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They got, in fact, a good deal more information than they asked for, for the Rooster was one of those fine up-standing, bumptious skites who love to talk all day, in the heartiest manner, to total strangers while their wives do the washing.
The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1924
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They got, in fact, a good deal more information than they asked for, for the Rooster was one of those fine upstanding, bumptious skites who love to talk all day, in the heartiest manner, to total strangers while their wives do the washing.
The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff Norman Lindsay 1924
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