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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

skim•mer•ton n. [Chiefly Hudson Valley.]

Dialect Termsshivaree (def. 1).

Also, skim•mel•ton

of uncertain origin, originally compare, in Britain, skimmington, skim(m)iting a similar rural custom intended to ridicule an unfaithful or abusive husband or wife, origin, originally, an effigy of the offending person

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