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Definition of skelm noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

skelm

noun

/skelm/

/skelm/

(South African English)

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a person that you believe is a criminal or that you do not trust
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Dutch schelm, from German.

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