skint

IPA: skˈɪnt

adjective

  • (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
  • (slang) skinned
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Examples of "skint" in Sentences

  • Sadly, I'm skint so I can't get hold of the JMH.
  • The word skint would be an accurate description of my fiscal situation.
  • Skint refers to the condition of having little money or few possessions.
  • The pair achieved some notoriety by being signed to Skint Records in 2002.
  • The mother-of-four has struggled financially in recent months and said she was "skint".
  • JJB were skint, meaning revenue dropped from 600m to 178m due to not being able to get stock
  • The guys are skint as usual and get involved in trying set up a phoney accident which would get them compensation.
  • By the way, if you're wondering about the British-ism in the first sentence, "skint" is slang for "broke," as in: got no money.
  • After the plan went wrong, he had telephoned emergency services in a drunken state and said he had acted because he was "skint".
  • Redknapp also observed that Portsmouth had spent "decent money" last summer, well after his departure, despite people saying that they were "skint".
  • It was claimed that after fleeing the property, Kilcullen drunkenly telephoned police and said he had carried out the attack because he was "skint".

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