skiddyskiddy-cockn.
dialect.
(See quots.)
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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Rallus > rallus aquaticus (water rail)
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1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Skiddey, or Skiddey-cock, a water-rail.
1886 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XX. 223/1 The Water-Rail, locally known as the Skiddy or Billcock, is the Rallus aquaticus of Ornithology.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
skiddyadj.
/ˈskɪdi/ Of surfaces, etc.: on which one is liable to skid; treacherously slippery. Also, characterized by skidding.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip
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1902 Car 4 June 72/2 The state of a road which constitutes a ‘skiddy’ and a ‘non-skiddy’ surface.
1928 Daily Express 10 Dec. 19 Motorists drove with caution on skiddy roads.
1935 Punch 27 Mar. 358/3 Drive frightfully cautiously and go slowly round the corners.., because you know how skiddy it is these days.
1947 A. C. Douglas Gliding & Adv. Soaring 56 Another range of difficulties..caused by..dislike of being out of normal position in the air, resulting in flat skiddy turns, and so on.
1977 D. Murphy Where Indus is Young xi. 233 Skiddy mud making it impossible to keep upright.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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