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skellum
[ skel-uhm ]
noun
, Chiefly Scot.
- a rascal.
skellum
/ ˈskɛləm /
noun
- archaic.a rogue
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skellum1
1605–15; < Dutch schelm rogue, knave < Middle Low German; cognate with German Schelm rogue, Old High German skelmo, scalmo plague, corpse
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skellum1
C17: via Dutch from Old High German skelmo devil
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Example Sentences
O de skellum Frisco, ic weit neit waer ic be, ic go and hit my nose op dit post, and ic go and hit my nose op dandern post.
From Project Gutenberg
Old Coetzee saved me the trouble of answering, for he broke in with Skellum!
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