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Definition of Skellum
1. n. A scoundrel.
Definition of Skellum
1. a rascal [n -S] - See also: rascal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skellum
Literary usage of Skellum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"He ripped up Hugh Peters, calling him the execrable skellum. — PEPYS'S Diary,
Give way, quoth the Paladine, and let me send that skellum to perdition. ..."
2. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"In the midst of the conviviality Dishley appeared in front of the hut, crying
out, "Where's my skellum? Oh, skellum, skellum! Why did you go off and leave ..."
3. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"Oh, skellum, skellum! Why did you go off and leave me?" Dishley had consumed the
entire bottle of Cape brandy left behind by skellum, and had started out in ..."
4. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"skellum retorted by calling Tilman a Scotchman, and adding that he was no man
... The bullet kindly passed between skellum and me as we sat on a stretcher, ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"skellum, a rogue, a scamp. ' I '11 ha' nowt to do wi' such an a drunken skellum.
... 'She tauld thee well thou wast a skellum, A blethering, blustering, ..."
6. Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750 by Elizabeth Christine Cook (1912)
"skellum means everything ... or to ridicule or lessen the Reputation of his late
Success in America, is a skellum, and shall so be reputed forever. ..."
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