Sculduggery: the recent spate of questions about pirates brought this to mind. Where does this odd word come from, and can you distinguish it from sculduddery?

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skulduggery (skull-DUG-uh-ree) Trickery; dishonest or deceitful behavior. This word is sexier than you might think: It's apparently an alteration of the Scots word sculduddery, which means "fornication" or "obscenity." http://www.marthabarnette.com/learn_s.html Oct 08 06, 1:38 PM

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