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  • noun Plural form of skee.

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Examples

  • What do you expect from the Republicans they tell lies and then don,t want to except the slim that comes from what they say. kevin r skees

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  • Riding on curved boards (skees or snow-skates), they run over ridges thick with snow.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • The war equipment and habits of the Irish, light armoured, clipped at back of head, hurling the javelin backwards in their feigned flight; of the Slavs, small blue targets and long swords; of the Finns, with their darts and skees, are given.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • He was graceful as an Indian when he swept, on skees he had made himself, across miles of snow covering the lake and dazzling in the diffused light of an even gray sky.

    The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • Before he could drop the skees she struggled up and said, dryly:

    The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • An orange sun was breaking the gray of the dawn; he could hear the soft push and pound of Barney's shovel clearing a pathway from the door to the road, and he knew he could be off early on his skees, down the hill to – where he did not know.

    This Way to Christmas 1916

  • Then he made fast his snow-shoes – it was no day for skees – and pulling his fur parka down to cover all but his eyes he started off.

    This Way to Christmas 1916

  • Carl, speeding beside her, his obedient skees exactly parallel, lifted her and brushed the snow from her furs and her nose.

    The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • With heroic boldness David pushed his skees up to the baseboard of the door and hammered hard on the brass knocker.

    This Way to Christmas 1916

  • The orange sun had paled to yellow and climbed half the length of the tallest pine from the crest of the hill when David, bundled and furred, adjusted his skees outside the lodge door.

    This Way to Christmas 1916

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