skewerlike
English
Etymology
skewer + -like
Adjective
skewerlike (comparative more skewerlike, superlative most skewerlike)
- Like a skewer; long, thin, and sharp.
- 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Markheim
- The long, skewerlike dagger flashed and fell. The dealer struggled like a hen, striking his temple on the shelf, and then tumbled on the floor in a heap.
- 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Markheim