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单词 skean dhu
释义

skean dhu

[ thoo, doo ]
/ ðu, du /

noun

a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
Also skene dhu.

Origin of skean dhu

First recorded in 1810–20, skean dhu is from Scots Gaelic sgian dhubh literally, “black skean”

Words nearby skean dhu

skate ski, skatole, skatoxyl, Skaw, skean, skean dhu, Skeat, sked, skedaddle, skedaddler, skee
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Example sentences from the Web for skean dhu

  • Skean-dhu, a small dirk which a Highlander wears in his stocking.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • A wee bit clamsheuchar wi' my Lochaper axe, or a brog wi' my skean-dhu, will make them quate aneuch, my letty.

    Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, XXII|various

British Dictionary definitions for skean dhu

skean-dhu
/ (ˈskiːənˈduː, ˈskiːn-) /

noun

Scot a variant of sgian-dhu
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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