Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Ss: Skullduggery


n. pl. skull·dug·ger·ies or skul·dug·ger·ries
Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.

[Probably alteration of Scots sculduddery, obscenity, fornication.]

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  • Skullduggery (album), an album by the band Steppenwolf
  • Skullduggery (film), a 1970 film starring Burt Reynolds
  • Skullduggery (event), a historic Orientation Week event established in 1896, held annually at the University of Adelaide
  • Skullduggery (computer game), a text adventure game written by David Jewett in 1986
  • The English name for Kinkotsuman, a character from the manga series Kinnikuman
  • Skullduggery (board game), winner of one of five "Mensa Select" seals at 2007 Mind Games in Pittsburgh, PA
  • Skullduggery (comic), an upcoming fictional comic book series by Nick Simmons (son of Gene Simmons)
  • Skullduggery FC, an indoor soccer football club based in Boise, Idaho, USA

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