skellington

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skellington

/ˈskɛlɪŋtən/

noun skellingtons

childish, dated, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, often A skeleton. But it were talked on as 'ow 'ee found old Nobes and 'is missus' skellingtons a-sittin' bolt upright in them two chairs, but I doan't know so much 'bout that...

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@misc{skellington_2026,
  title = {skellington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skellington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}