scalp
noun
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
have scalped
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present perfectof scalp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He might not have scalped John L. Lewis, but the miners were back at work, and that was the important thing.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Perhaps Montgomery's men have scalped him;" the miller pulled the night-cap from his own head and threw it on the floor in helpless wretchedness.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
