Skellum Definition

skeləm
noun
A rascal; rogue; scamp.
Webster's New World
Robert Burns, Tam O' Shanter (lines 17-22)
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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Other Word Forms of Skellum

Noun

Singular:
skellum
Plural:
skellums

Origin of Skellum

  • From Danish schelm, from Middle Low German; cognate to German Schelm.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

SSKSKE

Words Ending With

MUMLUM

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skellum

Words Starting With S and Ending With M

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With M