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skeldered

skeldered is the simple past and past participle of skelder.

Meaning of skelder

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...

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Questions about skeldered

What is skeldered the simple past and past participle of?
Skeldered is the simple past and past participle of skelder.

Words near skeldered in the dictionary

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

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