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skimmerton

skimmerton is the alternative form of skimmington.

Meaning of skimmington

Noun

skimmington (plural skimmingtons)

  1. (obsolete) A person impersonating his/her offending spouse in a procession with the aim of ridicule.
  2. (obsolete) A ludicrous procession for the purpose of ridiculing a person's offending spouse.
  3. (obsolete) A cuckold.

Forms of skimmerton

pluralskimmertons

Questions about skimmerton

What is skimmerton the alternative form of?
Skimmerton is the alternative form of skimmington.

Words near skimmerton in the dictionary

  1. skimmeltons
  2. skimmer
  3. skimmered
  4. skimmering
  5. skimmers
  6. skimmerton
  7. skimmertons
  8. Skimmery
  9. skimmest
  10. skimmeth
  11. skimmia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skimmerton (page history and authors); skimmington (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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