Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who skelps or strikes.
  • noun Anything very large.

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Examples

  • -- 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

  • Dub-skelper -- used contemptuously for a rambling fellow, an idle vagabond.

    St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801

  • 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

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  • one who made and sold beehives.

    July 24, 2008