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skee·ter

(skē′tər)

n. Chiefly Southern US

[Shortening and alteration of mosquito.]

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skee•ter

(ˈski tər)

n.

Informal. mosquito.

[1850–55; by aphesis and resp., with dial. substitution of -er for final -o]

Translations

moustique

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You have to smash 'em to make 'em behave; and it's the same way with 'skeeters. Do you have 'skeeters in Oz?"

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"Law, Miss Feely whip!--wouldn't kill a skeeter, her whippins.

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Compact and portable, the Radius 2.0 will go with you wherever you want to trek--and keep the skeeters away when you get there!

Skeeter-Free Circle

with stops along the way and ends at Skeeters Saloon, 1691 Elgin Road (Route 25) in Carpentersville, where an auction and other festivities will take place.

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Roger Clemens, who last pitched in the major leagues in 2007, will start Saturday night for the Sugarland Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League.