Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who skelps or strikes.
- noun Anything very large.
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Examples
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-- I'll warrant it's some idle dub-skelper frae the Waal, coming after some o 'yoursells on nae honest errand -- Ghaist, indeed!
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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Dub-skelper -- used contemptuously for a rambling fellow, an idle vagabond.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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I’ll warrant it’s some idle dub-skelper frae the Waal, coming after some o’ yoursells on nae honest errand — Ghaist, indeed! —
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
sionnach commented on the word skelper
one who made and sold beehives.
July 24, 2008