skean
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of skean
1520–30; < Scots Gaelic sgian or Irish scian
Example Sentences
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He described the defeat as "the night of long skean dhus".
From BBC
Not, however, before poor Reginald was stabbed in the right chest with a skean dhu, the little dagger that kilted Highlanders wear in their right stocking.
From Project Gutenberg
Beside it was a Skean Dhu sheath and a broken Buckfast tonic wine bottle.
From BBC
Last week at 98 he was the oldest Highland chieftain, with tasseled sporran and a jeweled skean dhus dirk in his stocking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ye'll pe ken there's twa kinds o' pluid in te human body—a red and a plack: te ane comes frae flesh wounds o' te skean dhu, when it's bashfu, and winna gang far ben; and te other follows te plow o' te determined dirk, when it seeks te habitation o' life in te heart itsel.
From Project Gutenberg
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