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skelm

British

/ ˈskɛləm /

noun

informal a villain or crook

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Origin of skelm

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Oom Leeuw crept up slowly, quietly, like a skelm, behind Brother Bullfrog.

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Also, from that day he learned to creep quietly like a skelm after his game, and though he still catches them and eats them, he is not as dangerous as he was when he could fly.

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