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Meaning of scalpy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Of or relating to scalps.

Examples

“Across his back a stringless bow, / And emptied quiver swung, — / And in his sinewy hand, he bore / His scalpy trophies — red with gore.”
“He scored exactly once, with a young hippie from Oregon who had ketchup stains on her chemise and a scalpy smell so overpowering that he spent much of the night breathing through his mouth.”
“The synaesthetic mix of her deep smile, the scalpy chemical pong of the salon.”
“I could smell his scalpy hair smell. see the way he used to sit with his knees together and his toes pointed in.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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