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