sculduddery

American  

[skuhl-duhd-uh-ree] / skʌlˈdʌd ə ri /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

sculdudderies

1. obscene behavior; lewdness.

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Etymology

Origin of sculduddery

First recorded in 1705–15; origin uncertain; cf. skullduggery ( def. )

Example Sentences

They found that "sculduddery" was not a necessary attraction.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

And I wouldn't stand for sculduddery like that, for one thing; and for another I thought I'd come out better in the end by sticking to the boss, like you seen me doing often enough!

From The La Chance Mine Mystery by Gage, George W.

Fortunately, as has been said, it is not always thus: and some of the tales are amusing in almost the highest degree, being nearly as witty as Voltaire's, and entirely free from ill-nature and sculduddery.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

“Ay, an’ waur:—he got entangled wi’ the kirk on an unlucky sculduddery business, an’ has been writing bitter, wicked ballads on a’ the guid ministers in the country ever syne.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay