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skew-whiff; skiwift
adjective
awry; askew; at the wrong angle UK, 1754- You drop a lobster crate, you know how it’ll go skiwift? You see a barn leaning, and you say “the wind blew it skiwift.” You got a crate in the water by the wharf, and the boat goes up against it, squash it skiwift! — Dirk van Loon, Rural Delivery, 1977
- Now, the trouble with doing your make-up on public transport is that it has a tendency to go a little skew-whiff. — The Guardian, 17 May 2003
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