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  • noun Plural form of skell.

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Examples

  • You see Madison has to go on Giuliani time where you roust the skells which is what these guys were.

    Another Madison murder. Ann Althouse 2008

  • That knowledge being, “Know your local skells and swells” It's a thing that's endemic to law enforcement.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • That knowledge being, “Know your local skells and swells” It's a thing that's endemic to law enforcement.

    “Res-pect Mah Authori-taaaaaayyyyh!” 2009

  • Any one of a half-dozen skells could have creeped my place, somebody working for the guy who popped Stanga.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • Any one of a half-dozen skells could have creeped my place, somebody working for the guy who popped Stanga.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • Federal prosecutors acknowledged in court last week that those four skells from upstate Newburgh who allegedly plotted to blow up Bronx synagogues and take down a military aircraft a year ago are not part of a terrorist organization.

    Len Levitt: Something Less Than Terror 2010

  • During last week's court proceedings on the four Newburgh skells, Assistant U.S.

    Len Levitt: Something Less Than Terror 2010

  • Any one of a half-dozen skells could have creeped my place, somebody working for the guy who popped Stanga.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • Federal prosecutors acknowledged in court last week that those four skells from upstate Newburgh who allegedly plotted to blow up Bronx synagogues and take down a military aircraft a year ago are not part of a terrorist organization.

    Len Levitt: Something Less Than Terror 2010

  • During last week's court proceedings on the four Newburgh skells, Assistant U.S.

    Len Levitt: Something Less Than Terror 2010

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