skiwampus

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Adjective

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skiwampus (comparative more skiwampus, superlative most skiwampus)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of skewampus
    • 2011, Kris Jugler, Death Couldn't Convince Me, →ISBN, page 111:
      One side of the platform was a little longer than the other and the seat was a little skiwampus, but in our eyes, all we could see was the finished product - steering wheel, red painted exterior with the number twenty-seven, a nice lawn mower ...
    • 2014, Nancy Nielson Redd, The Canyon's Edge, →ISBN, page 102:
      We had not gone far when we saw a motorcycle skiwampus by the side of the road and Rubio slumped against a mesquite tree.
    • 2016, Under the Mistletoe, Cindy Roland Anderson, Annette Lyon, Julie Coulter Bellon, Sarah M. Eden, Jennifer Griffith, Heather B. Moore, →ISBN:
      [] so the pile tilted skiwampus, like a Dr. Seuss drawing.
    • 2017, Liz Isaacson, Under the Bridge:
      Darren hadn't been able to think straight since last fall, and he actually enjoyed the skiwampus ways his thoughts went when he was with Farrah.