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skelm

Variant of skellum

noun

Chiefly Brit. a rascal; rogue; scamp: now common only in South Africa

also skelm

Origin: Early ModE < Du schelm, akin to OHG skelmo, one deserving to die < IE base *(s)kel-, to cut > shell, helm

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