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Definition of Skurry
1. n. & v. See Scurry.
Definition of Skurry
1. to hurry briskly [v SKURRIED, SKURRYING, SKURRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skurry
Literary usage of Skurry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1852)
"HURRY skurry. A TALE OF MY LODGINGS. I. YES, even now, after the lapse of many
years, how does each /feature of my bachelor's apartments at Mrs. ..."
2. Christmas Festivities: Tales, Sketches, and Characters, with Beauties of the by John Poole (1845)
"SIR HURRY skurry has for many years of his life heen running after his business
without ever yet overtaking it: somehow or another, he allowed it to get a ..."
3. The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration by Henry Morton Stanley (1885)
"... banks—An unexpected lake—Film of dust upon the water— Bays and wood-clad
shore—Our lessening food—Encounter with native canoes—Fright and skurry—Pursuit ..."
4. Horses and Hounds: A Practical Treatise on Their Management by K. W. Horlock, John Solomon Rarey, Harrison Weir (1862)
"... particularly old ones—Curious instance of a fox evading capture in a rabbit
pipe—Fast skurry over the downs—Open and enclosed countries—A good woodland ..."
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