skellington
Noun
Meaning
skellington (plural skellingtons)
(nonstandard, childish, dialect or humorous, often dated) A skeleton.
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“Our six-year-old daughter was particularly devastated, as pictures of her and Jack Skellington would never materialize; instead, they sat at the bottom of a lagoon.”
PVC figurines of Jack Skellington, Oogie Boogie and Sally each turn up twice in this assortment, along with rare one-per-case figures of Santa Claus, Dr. Finkelstein, a variant Jack, and glow-in-the-dark versions of Jack, Sally and Oogie Boogie!
The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown’s beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the “real world.”
Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon), left, in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”