Meaning of sculk | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of skulk.

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Examples

“It is a poor thing for a fellow to get⟳ drunk at night, and sculk to bed, and let⟳ his friends have⟳ no sport.'”

“No, Sir, you had good Clothes when you came first, but they dwindled daily, till they dwindled to this old Campaign--with tan'd coloured Lining--once red--but now all Colours of the Rain-bow, a Cloke to sculk in a Nights, and a pair of piss-burn'd shammy Breeches.”

“Let⟳ other nice lords sculk at home from the wars, Prank'd up and adorn'd with garters and stars, Which but twinkle like⟳ those in a cold frosty night; While to yours you are adding such lustre and light⟳, That if you proceed, I'm sure very soon 'Twill be brighter and larger than the sun or the moon: A blazing star, I foretell⟳, 'twill prove⟳ to the Gaul, That portends of his empire the ruin and fall⟳.”

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