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• skean dhu
  skean dhu

  noun

  a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
• skean-dhu
  skean-dhu

  noun

  a variant of sgian-dhu

skean dhu

American  

[thoo, doo] / ðu, du /

noun

1. 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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skean-dhu British  

/ ˈskiːn-, ˈskiːənˈduː /

noun

1. a variant of sgian-dhu

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Etymology

Origin of skean dhu

First recorded in 1810–20, skean dhu is from Scots Gaelic sgian dhubh literally, “black skean”