Skulking
[skʌlkɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skulk
Checked by Barlow
Examples
- Avoiding, as much as was possible, all the main streets, and skulking only through the by-ways and alleys, he at length emerged on Snow Hill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The bargeman skulking on the opposite bank of the stream, went on after it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Certainly not; for that sort of thing is an excuse for skulking, and has been the ruin of many an army. Plato. The Republic.
- Next (to clear the ground before coming to business), you've placed in this yard a skulking, a sneaking, and a sniffing, menial. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Ian