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SKEW-WHIFF Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
adjective or adverb British, informal : not straight : askew a slightly skew-whiff door often used figuratively Their plans went a little skew-whiff.
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skew-whiff - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
skew-whiff (comparative more skew-whiff, superlative most skew-whiff) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Askew; lopsided, not straight.
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skew-whiff, adj. & adv. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word skew-whiff is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for skew-whiff is from 1754, in Scots Magazine.
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skew-whiff
skew-whiff, a. and adv. dial. and colloq. (skjuːˈwɪf, -ˈhwɪf) Also skew-wiff, -wift, etc.; 8 scew-. [f. skew a. and adv. + whiff n.1 or v.1] Askew, awry (lit. and fig.).1754 Scots Mag. July 337/2 Behind, with a coach-horse short dock, cut your hair; Stick a flower before, scew-whiff, with an air. 18...
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SKEWWHIFF Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Skewwhiff definition: (postpositive) not straight; askew. See examples of SKEWWHIFF used in a sentence.
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SKEWWHIFF definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
British informal not straight; askew.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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skew-whiff
skew-whiff/ˌskju:ˈwɪf; `skjuˌhwɪf/ adj(Brit infml 口) skew 歪的; 斜的; 偏的 You've got your hat on skew-whiff. 你帽子戴歪了.
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Skew-whiff. - Scottish Words Illustrated
Translate: skew-whiff: awry, squint, this way and that. “No doubt about it. They are all this way and that. We will have to do them all again.” The Scottish ...
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Origin of the term skew whiff - Facebook
The term "skew whiff" originates from the 18th century, Meaning: out of alignment, askew, crooked shape or design From skew + weft initially ...
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SKEW-WHIFF | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
sloping instead of straight, or wrongly positioned: You've got your hat on skew-whiff. Synonyms. askew · awry · cockeyed (SLOPING) informal. lopsided · wonky ...
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What is another word for skewwhiff? - WordHippo
Twisting or slanting to one side. “The painting hung on the wall was slightly skewwhiff, giving the room a whimsical and quirky feel.”
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skew-whiff - Never Pure and Rarely Simple - WordPress.com
It means askew, lopsided, not straight, not going to plan or not working properly, as in the computer systems which were the subject of the email.
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Charles Hayward (drummer)
He debuted with Survive the Gesture (1987), Skew-whiff (1989) Switch on War (1991) and My Secret Alphabet (with Nick Doyne-Ditmas) in 1993.
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skewgee
skewgee, a. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). (skjuːˈdʒiː) [f. skew a. + -gee, prob. as in agee adv. (also ajee adv. and cf. on the jee s.v. jee n.); cf. skew-whiff a. and adv.] Askew, awry, crooked; in a mixed-up, confused state.1890 Cent. Dict., Skew-gee, a., crooked; skew; squint. Also used as a noun: ...
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Vienna State Ballet
Schritte und Spuren (Steps and Traces) with choreographies by Jorma Elo (Glow – Stop), Jiří Bubeníček (Le Souffle de l´Esprit), Paul Lightfoot and Sol León (Skew-Whiff
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