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skerricks

skerricks is the plural of skerrick.

Meaning of skerrick

Noun

skerrick (plural skerricks)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, dialectal) A very small amount or portion; the least bit.
    • From the crate beneath him, Reed fished up a can of aerated mineral water. A label said it had been treated according to most scrupulous hygienic standards. It had been filtered through porcelain and centrifuged until every last skerrick of life had succumbed. Reed read the label and gazed afresh...1969, Clive Barry, Fly Jamskoni, London: Faber and Faber […], →ISBN, page 54

Questions about skerricks

What is skerricks the plural of?
Skerricks is the plural of skerrick.

Words near skerricks in the dictionary

  1. Skerne and Wansford
  2. skerping
  3. Skerrett
  4. Skerretts
  5. skerrick
  6. skerricks
  7. skerries
  8. skerry
  9. skervish
  10. Skerys
  11. sket

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