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skiddy

[ skid-ee ]

/ ˈskɪd i /

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adjective, skid·di·er, skid·di·est.

tending to skid or cause skidding: a skiddy shopping cart; an icy, skiddy driveway.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

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Origin of skiddy

First recorded in 1900–05; skid + -y¹

Words nearby skiddy

ski boot, skid, Skidbladnir, skidder, skiddoo, skiddy, skid fin, skidlid, Ski-Doo, skidpan, skidproof

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Example sentences from the Web for skiddy

Mr. Skiddy had now been a whole week a widower; time enough for a man in that condition to grow philosophical.
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Anybody who thinks to circumvent Matilda Maria Skiddy, must get up early in the morning, and find themselves too late at that.
Ruth Hall|Fanny Fern
The rosy-cheeked young woman looked at Mrs. Skiddy, Mrs. Skiddy looked at her, and Tommy looked at both of them.
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As to Skiddy, he continued at intervals to shed crocodile tears over his past short-comings, or rather his short-goings!
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The premeditated and unmixed malice of Mrs. Skiddy in leaving the baby, instead of Sammy or Johnny, was beyond question.
Ruth Hall|Fanny Fern

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