What does sculk mean?
Sculk means Alternative spelling of skulk..
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Alternative spelling of skulk..
It is a poor thing for a fellow to get drunk at night, and sculk to bed, and let his friends have no sport.'
No, Sir, you had good Clothes when you came first, but they dwindled daily, till they dwindled to this old Campaign--with tan'd coloured Lining--once red--but now all Colours of the Rain-bow, a Cloke to sculk in a Nights, and a pair of piss-burn'd shammy Breeches.
Let other nice lords sculk at home from the wars, Prank'd up and adorn'd with garters and stars, Which but twinkle like those in a cold frosty night; While to yours you are adding such lustre and light, That if you proceed, I'm sure very soon 'Twill be brighter and larger than the sun or the moon: A blazing star, I foretell, 'twill prove to the Gaul, That portends of his empire the ruin and fall.
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Sculk means Alternative spelling of skulk..
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It is a poor thing for a fellow to get drunk at night, and sculk to bed, and let his friends have no sport.'
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