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Definition of Skew-whiff

1. Adverb. Turned or twisted to one side. "With his necktie twisted awry"

2. Adjective. Turned or twisted toward one side. "His wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

Definition of Skew-whiff

1. Adjective. (UK Australia colloquial) askew; lopsided, not straight ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skew-whiff

sketchwriter sketchwriters skets sketted sketting skeuomorph skeuomorphic skeuomorphism skeuomorphs skew

skew- skew-eyed skew-symmetric skew-symmetry skew-whiff (current term) skew arch skew correlation skew deviation skew distribution skew form

skew symmetric skew symmetry skew whiff skewampus skewback skewbacks skewbald skewbalds skewed

Literary usage of Skew-whiff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"The wind blowed the flagstaff skew-whiff. ... The first form is often used substantively, as ' This thing is all on the skew-whiff.' Skillet [skil-it], sb. ..."

2. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"The wind blowed the flagstaff skew-whiff. ... form is often used substantively, as ' This thing is all on the skew-whiff.' Skillet [skil-it], sb. ..."

3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"SKEW-WAMP. Awry, crooked, warped. skew-whiff. Awry, aslant. "It's all skew-whiff." Probably blown on one side by a whiff or puff. ..."

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