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scalpy

scalpy

English

Adjective

scalpy ‎(comparative more scalpy, superlative most scalpy)

Of or relating to scalps.
- 1837, E. D. Kennicott, Zethe: and other poems
  Across his back a stringless bow, / And emptied quiver swung, — / And in his sinewy hand, he bore / His scalpy trophies — red with gore.
- 2008, Ray Robinson, The Man Without (page 314)
  The synaesthetic mix of her deep smile, the scalpy chemical pong of the salon.
- 2013, Lisa Jewell, The House We Grew Up In (page 396)
  I could smell his scalpy hair smell. see the way he used to sit with his knees together and his toes pointed in.