Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelpings
Literary usage of Skelpings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heroes of To-day: John Muir, John Burroughs, Wilfred Grenfell, Robert F by Mary Rosetta Parkman (1917)
"Climb the mountains, climb, if you would reach beauty," said John Muir, the wild,
eager spirit of the lad who had braved scoldings and "skelpings" to climb ..."
2. The Standard Bearer by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1898)
"... or darted naked through the copse- wood at the loch's head, playing "hide-and-
seek" with shrieks and skelpings about the tree-trunks. ..."
3. Sylvestra by Annie Raine Ellis (1881)
"... held together by a girdle of rag. Less picturesque in misery were those whom
Betty menaced. The " skelpings " with which she threatened them; ..."
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