skitch

British

/ skɪtʃ /

verb

(tr) (of a dog) to attack; catch

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Couldn’t ye give us a skitch o’ yer life, Bunco?”

From Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Of course, afther hearing a skitch of the plan," continued the major, "me curiosity was so aroused that I could not help following the details with intherest.

From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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