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Traditional English :: skerrick
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skerrick.html - n.
(usu. with neg.) US & Austral. colloq. the smallest bit (not a skerrick left). [N.Engl. dial.; orig. uncert.] |
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Traditional English :: skerrick
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skerrick.html - n.
(usu. with neg.) US & Austral. colloq. the smallest bit (not a skerrick left). [N.Engl. dial.; orig. uncert.] |
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Traditional English :: skerry
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skerrick.html - n.
(pl. -ies) Sc. a reef or rocky island. [Orkney dial. f. ON sker: cf. SCAR(2)] |
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Traditional English :: skerrick
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skerrick.html - n.
(usu. with neg.) US & Austral. colloq. the smallest bit (not a skerrick left). [N.Engl. dial.; orig. uncert.] |
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Traditional English :: skerry
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skerrick.html - n.
(pl. -ies) Sc. a reef or rocky island. [Orkney dial. f. ON sker: cf. SCAR(2)] |
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English Idioms :: skeleton in the closet
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skerrick.html - {n. phr.} A shameful secret; someone or something kept hidden, especially by a family. * /The skeleton in our family closet was Uncle Willie. No one mentioned him because he drank too much./ |
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