skint

Word origin

The "penniless" sense is attested since 1925 and is derived from a variant of skinned.

Used in a sentence

• “There were a mixture of local people with cold, pinched faces and skint and harassed looking tourists sitting around fondling their itchsome facial hair, their tongues lolling into fizzy yellow pints of lager.”

• “About 2-3 weeks prior to Emma Finch’s death you told two of your friends Abi that “he hoped his Nan died soon because he was skint[…]and[…]that he thought he was the only one getting money in the will when she died”.”

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