skipplen.
/ˈskɪp(ə)l/ U.S.
A measure of three pecks. Also attributive.
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1685 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 95 One Skiple Salt.
1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 33 Long-Island Wheat three shillings a Skipple (a Skipple being three parts of a Bushel).
1769 Cont. Narr. Ind. Charity School Lebanon 18 Corn [maize] and wheat at the German Flats are from six shillings to a dollar a skipple.
1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 283/2 The Skipple-measure or Short Bushel of New England.
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