skoal
Americaninterjection
noun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of skoal
1590–1600; < Danish skaal, Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl
Example Sentences
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There’s been one perfect score: Wade Leslie and bull Wolfman Skoal, in 1991 at a Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association event in Washington.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
"Skoal to the stanchless flux," young Durrell ends one letter.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Skoal to Jarl Sigurd; rest in peace, and farewell."
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
And as the jarl gazed at me I raised my hand, saying in the viking's greeting: "Skoal to Jarl Ingvar!"
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
And all the Northland give you Skoal for the voyage begun, When your bright summer sail goes down Into the zones of sun!
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Carman, Bliss
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