| 释义 |
skinch, v. and int. north. and midl. dial.|skɪntʃ|
[Origin unknown.]
A. v. intr. To encroach, to cheat.
B. int. A formula used by children in a game to demand a truce.
1891S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Suppl. 52 Skinch, v. to encroach, to shorten distance. When a boy playing at marbles moves his taw nearer to the ring than he ought to do he is said to skinch, i.e., to encroach unfairly. 1893–4R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words II. 649 Skinch! the cry for parley in a boys' game. 1914D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer 262 Willy could hear the endless calling and shouting of men's voices. ‘Tha'rt skinchin!’ 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. viii. 150 ‘Croggie’ is..general in West Hartlepool although the usual term in County Durham is ‘skinch’. |