http://wordie.org/words/skulduggery Comments for the word 'Skulduggery' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/skulduggery#comments "Here, here, what sort of <a href="/words/skulduggery">skulduggery</a> is going on in my woods?" roared the King, suddenly confronting Sebastian.<br /><br />- William Steig, <i>Roland the Minstrel Pig</i> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:07:24 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/skulduggery#comments http://wordie.org/words/skulduggery#comments <a href="/words/Skulduggery">Skulduggery</a> has nothing to do with skulls or digging, but developed as an Americanism in the nineteenth century, apparently as a variation on Scottish <a href="/words/skulduddery">skulduddery</a>, meaning fornication or obscenity. The American adaptation softened the meaning to trickery or craftiness.<br /><br />(What's in a Word? by Robert Gorrell) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:26:26 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/skulduggery#comments