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skimeltons

skimeltons is the plural of skimelton.

Meaning of skimelton

Noun

skimelton (plural skimeltons)

  1. A raucous gathering outside the home of newlyweds; a skimmington, a shivaree.
    • Probably you never heard of a skimelton, Alida. Well, they are not so uncommon in this region.1886, Edward Payson Roe, He Fell in Love with His Wife, page 269

Questions about skimeltons

What is skimeltons the plural of?
Skimeltons is the plural of skimelton.

Words near skimeltons in the dictionary

  1. skimboarding
  2. skimboards
  3. skimeister
  4. skimeisters
  5. skimelton
  6. skimeltons
  7. skimington
  8. skimingtons
  9. skimmability
  10. skimmable
  11. skimmed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skimeltons (page history and authors); skimelton (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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