"skiwampus" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more skiwampus [comparative], most skiwampus [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} skiwampus (comparative more skiwampus, superlative most skiwampus)
  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of skewampus Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Alternative form of: skewampus
    Sense id: en-skiwampus-en-adj-cvHrm6UX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2011, Kris Jugler, Death Couldn't Convince Me, →ISBN, page 111:",
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          "ref": "2014, Nancy Nielson Redd, The Canyon's Edge, →ISBN, page 102:",
          "text": "We had not gone far when we saw a motorcycle skiwampus by the side of the road and Rubio slumped against a mesquite tree.",
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          "ref": "2016, Under the Mistletoe, Cindy Roland Anderson, Annette Lyon, Julie Coulter Bellon, Sarah M. Eden, Jennifer Griffith, Heather B. Moore, →ISBN:",
          "text": "[…] so the pile tilted skiwampus, like a Dr. Seuss drawing.",
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          "ref": "2017, Liz Isaacson, Under the Bridge:",
          "text": "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.",
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