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skean dhu
[ thoo, doo ]
/ ðu, du /
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noun
a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
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Also skene dhu.
Origin of skean dhu
First recorded in 1810–20, skean dhu is from Scots Gaelic sgian dhubh literally, “black skean”
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How to use skean dhu in a sentence
A wee bit clamsheuchar wi' my Lochaper axe, or a brog wi' my skean-dhu, will make them quate aneuch, my letty.
Skean-dhu, a small dirk which a Highlander wears in his stocking.
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