Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
scathel . Alsoskaddle .
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- adjective Alternative form of
scathel . - adjective Alternative form of
skaddle .
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Examples
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A ` flighty girl 'was a scaddle who deserved a good tongue pie or scolding.'
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"If a martin can play at chess, as well as his nephew the ape, he shall know what it is for a scaddle pawn to cross a Bishop in his own walk.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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