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verb

(adverb) slang to roll (a cannabis cigarette)

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Words nearby skin up

skin search, skint, skin tag, skin test, skintight, skin up, skip, ski pants, skip bail, skip-bomb, skip bombing

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How to use skin up in a sentence

As he said this, the young fellow flushed through his richly bronzed skin up to the very roots of his hair, with pleasure.
Buckskin Mose|Buckskin Mose
Arrange the plumage and hang the skin up by a thread or cord sewn through neck at base of skull.
Taxidermy|Leon Luther Pray
Governor Bradford threw away the arrows, and then filled the snake-skin up to the mouth with powder and ball.
The Beginner's American History|D. H. Montgomery
When the animal is skinned, roll the skin up with the fur side out and put it in your pack.
Steel Traps|A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

"It was a very old wolf," remarked the Cossack, holding the skin up under the gaslight.
A Cigarette-Maker's Romance|F. Marion Crawford