skuldugger

skuldugger verb: to partake in skulduggery (dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour). Also the misspelling of skulduggerer.

Verb

skuldugger (third-person singular simple present skulduggers, present participle skulduggering, simple past and past participle skulduggered)

(rare) To partake in skulduggery (dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour).
- I am not a man to waste energy in hurt feelings. "I assure you I have no intention of skulduggering around to learn the new receipt," I told him. "It was only a suggestion."1979, S. S. Rafferty, Fatal Flourishes, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 263
- Only a few of the men and women who skulk and skuldugger their way through the pages of his bestseller are not certified members of the power elite.1996 May 1, Jonathan Kirsch, “Not the Usual Suspects You Find in Murder Mysteries”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E5, column 2

Also used as

skuldugger is also the misspelling of skulduggerer.

Forms of skuldugger

Verb
third-person singular present	skulduggers
present participle	skulduggering
past participle	skulduggered
past	skulduggered
Noun
plural	skulduggers

Origin of skuldugger

Back-formation from skulduggery.

Questions about skuldugger

What does skuldugger mean?: Skuldugger means to partake in skulduggery (dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour).
What part of speech is skuldugger?: Skuldugger is a verb.
What is the past tense of skuldugger?: The past tense of skuldugger is skulduggered.

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