skeef

British

/ ˈskiːəf /

adverb

at an oblique angle; not straight
sideways; in a way likely to cause offence

he was looking at me skeef

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Etymology

Origin of skeef

from Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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Den de Captinne t'row de big ankerre, But still de scow she dreef, De crew he can't pass on de shore, Becos' he los' hees skeef.

From Project Gutenberg

Den de Captinne t'row de big ankerre, But still the scow she dreef, De crew he can't pass on de shore, Becos' he los' hees skeef.

From Project Gutenberg

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