Meaning of skellum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A scoundrel.
   UK, obsolete
2. A rogue.
   South-Africa

Examples

“Dr. Creeton, [Robert Creighton] the Scotchman, […] ripped up Hugh Peters (calling him the execrable skellum), his preaching and stirring up the maids of the city to bring⟳ in their bodkins and thimbles.”

“O Tam! had'st thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum; That frae November till October, Ae market-day thou was na sober.”

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