skeeter

[ skee-ter ]

noun

Origin of skeeter

First recorded in 1835–40; by shortening and respelling, with dialectal substitution of -er for final -o

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They reluctantly agree to share their stories with skeeter and recruit other maids to rat out their employers, too.
Do I Have to Read The Help? | William Boot | January 16, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Lucy and Lil, skeeter and Frank were delighted to be commissioned to go hunting for food.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp | Nell Speed
They lacked salt and were burnt at the tail and raw at the head, but skeeter picked the bones and pronounced them prime.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp | Nell Speed
“skeeter can give more things away without using the word than most folks can using it,” declared Lucy cruelly.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp | Nell Speed
“There must be water here or this grass would not be so pizen green in August,” said skeeter.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp | Nell Speed

skeeter approached him and the others followed, although poor Lil found herself limping painfully.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp | Nell Speed

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