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skoal

American

[skohl] / skoʊl /

interjection

(used as a toast in drinking someone's health.)

noun

a toast.

verb (used without object)

to drink a toast.

Etymology

Origin of skoal

1590–1600; < Danish skaal, Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl

Example Sentences

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This, I suspect, is to be about her first real tussle; skoal to the victor!

From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson

Gerda gave me the cup her lips had just touched, and I drank "skoal" to them in turn, and so Gerda the Queen had come home.

From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

Our skoal for them whose star goes down, Our drink the drink of men!

From Songs from Vagabondia by Hovey, Richard

A brimming skoal was given To Angantyr at last; So Fridthjof in this haven The cheerful winter passed.

From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Holcomb, Martha A. Lyon

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