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skelder

/ˈskɛldə(ɹ)/

skelder noun: a vagrant or cheat.

Noun

skelder (plural skelders)

  1. (obsolete) A vagrant or cheat.

Verb

skelder (third-person singular simple present skelders, present participle skeldering, simple past and past participle skeldered)

  1. (archaic) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
    • A man may skelder ye now and then of half a shilling1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in...
    • they have been delivered to me by tale I am to pay them over to Lord Dalgarno, whose boy waits for them, and I could not skelder one piece out of them1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III) (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

Forms of skelder

Noun
pluralskelders
Verb
third-person singular presentskelders
present participleskeldering
past participleskeldered
pastskeldered

Questions about skelder

What does skelder mean?
Skelder means a vagrant or cheat.
What part of speech is skelder?
Skelder can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce skelder?
Skelder is pronounced /ˈskɛldə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of skelder?
The plural of skelder is skelders.

Words near skelder in the dictionary

  1. skeinings
  2. skeinlike
  3. skeins
  4. skel
  5. Skelcey
  6. skelder
  7. skeldered
  8. skeldering
  9. skelders
  10. skeldrake
  11. skeldrakes

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