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Definition of Skeps
1. skep [n] - See also: skep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeps
Literary usage of Skeps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"A train on the Glynde line consists of an electric locomotive and either five or
ten skeps, in the latter case the locomotive being in the middle of the ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"Large skeps are proverbially late ia casting, and if the swarms do not come off
till the season is advanced they are generally worth little. ..."
3. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"Some of the skeps were made with straw sides and tops, ... In case of failure in
cleaning the old skeps I obtained some new common straw ones, ..."
4. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"Such an easy way of curing foul brood as this being announced, surely everybody
ought to take it up. Then with regard to the question of skeps, there they ..."
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