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Skully vs Sully - What's the difference?

skully | sully |

As a noun skully

is a street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.

As a verb sully is

to soil or stain; to dirty.

skully

English

Noun

(-)
  • A street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.

    • Synonyms

    *scully *skelly *skelsies *skilsies

    sully

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • to soil or stain; to dirty
    • He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.
  • * Roscommon
    • statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke
  • to damage or corrupt
    • He did not wish to sully his reputation with an ill-mannered comment.
  • * Atterbury
    • no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity
  • To become soiled or tarnished.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.