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单词 scalpy
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scalpyadj.

/ˈskalpi/
Etymology: < scalp n.1
dialect.
Having a thin covering of soil suggesting a scalp.
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1621 R. Brathwait Omphale in Natures Embassie 222 Where scalpie hils and sandie vales imply, The ploughmans toile's requited slenderly.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Scalpy (pron. Scaupy), a term applied to ground, when the soil is thin.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) Some's so near th'rock it's scalpy, and, in a way o' speakin', good to nowt.
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