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So I am reading some early Simon Clark, an English author, and being his earliest works they are naturally steeped in UK vernacular. I have no problems keeping up with what he is writing except for what a "skid" is. Is it like a dump truck, or those large dumpsters they drop off at places like construction sites and pick when they are full? thanks for the help.
That would be a skipQuote:
Originally Posted by HeavyMetalParkingLot
What is the context of skid in the book?
That's a skip, like.
http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/NR/rdonly...642/0/Skip.jpg
Ewe'll need to post "skid" in context like, cause it's both a noun and a verb.
beaten by big les, like
You found a pic of a skip without a pee stained mattress thrown on top thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
I didn't gewgle "scottish skip", like.
Fair pointQuote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
That's what I thought it was as the characters are renovating a seafort and were loading "skids".Quote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
Could be a typoQuote:
Originally Posted by HeavyMetalParkingLotThat's what I thought it was as the characters are renovating a seafort and were loading "skids".Quote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
skid - a plank, bar, log, or the like, esp. one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
Skid- A big rotten stain on your Y's, mostly attributed to you not cleaning your arse proper fashion. Like wot your mummy lurnt you.
I think that's called a "skiz" in Texas. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by chavis
stfu mbm.
Heavy, that's a "skid" (pallet) leaning on the "skip", like.Quote:
Originally Posted by HeavyMetalParkingLotThat's what I thought it was as the characters are renovating a seafort and were loading "skids".Quote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
Bo, your choice of googled pics was fortuitous, indeed.
-doobs
Here in the UK, a skid has a few meanings as already pointed out. The main 3 that spring to mind are
1) As Chavis already said, however, that would be a "skid mark"
2) "A pair of skids", referring to a pair of underwear
3) "Pulled a skid"-meaning to have slid in a car or on a bike, screeching the tyres etc