Meaning of Skit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short comic performance done by amateurs.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
3. A wanton girl; a wench.
   obsolete
4. A short, sharp shower (of rain).
5. Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.

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Examples

“That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.”

“However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.”

“... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter.”

“Suddenly there came a little volley of sharp drops - not of the liquid he desired - dashed into the trumpeter's red face , and against the back of the parson's hat - the first skit of rain, that seemed rather to rise as if from a blow-pipe, than fall from the clouds.”

“Diana did not obey him, but stood in the rain. 'I don't care for a skit of rain.' 'Get in, quick.' When she did not move he sprang up, and catching her up in his arms, set her down in the hollow.”

“The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs.”

“[…] quality in the seeds which he cannot account for, that of killing lambs at about ten days old; they die of the skit, or scouring; and it is particularly experienced in new inclosures; […]”

“... the "skit." A practised eye can generally tell for two or three days before it commences what is coming on. The lambs look dull, their coats are staring. Generally the scour is of a dark greenish colour - sometimes almost[…]”

“... lambs, and on the appearance of the skit or scour, the necessity for a change of food is indicated.”

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