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  • noun Plural form of skulker.

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Examples

  • Wilmington, and "skulkers" from the army, who had been drafted from the

    The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson

  • There appears to be no mention of the time of day, which surely upsets the numbers, hours of darkness are the hours when crime peaks as skulkers do not like light and most of the under 10′s and over 40′s stay inside thus not be available to be patted down.

    Police Search Too Few White People SHOCK!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • After a short pause to get breath the ascent of the ridge began, and I rode, into the ditch of the intrenchments to drive out a few skulkers who were hiding there.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Generally, you would fill the tampon gun with red ink for full tampon effect, but seeing as 50% of Americans, and every single Democratic Senator and Congressmen are lily-livered skulkers, I'll fill it with yellow paint.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • This time, the skulkers would mislead the American people.

    The Morning After…again | Barack Obama | positively Barack 2008

  • Glancing up and down the quiet street, scanning for skulkers and would-be assassins.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Glancing up and down the quiet street, scanning for skulkers and would-be assassins.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • In his wrath — for blood still oozed from his forehead — George would have exterminated the skulkers, and, checked in his bloodthirstiness, he showered upon them contemptible titles while he cooked two of those we had captured.

    My Tropic Isle 2003

  • His unexpected movement took the skulkers by surprize.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • She gave a cry of delight when she caught sight of the fine-looking craft, bobbing in the dark water at some distance from the other sailboats and dinghies, and oddly requiring no watchman to keep it unmolested by the dockside skulkers and roistering seamen.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

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