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skint

[ skint ]

adjective

British Slang.
  1. having no money; penniless.


skint

/ ɪԳ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    usually postpositive without money
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skint1

First recorded in 1930–35; probably originally representing dialectal pronunciation of skinned; skin (verb), -ed 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skint1

variant of skinned, past participle of skin
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"I was on statutory maternity so I was skint, really skint, so I started learning how to budget, how I could pull back on bills," she said.

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"I did that because I was skint and homeless," she admits.

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Mark, who says he's "too skint" to go to the World Cup in Qatar in November. said there had been a "crazy whirlwind" as he got his latest campaign off the ground.

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"It is supposed to last a month, but you are skint after a week or two."

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"So I was skint, but famous. It could have been worse."

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