SKINT

broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke

(adjective) lacking funds; “‘skint’ is a British slang term”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

skint (comparative skinter or more skint, superlative skintest or most skint)

(slang, British, Australian) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.

(slang) skinned

Usage notes

• Cockney rhyming slang for skint is boracic lint, or just boracic. It is pronounced as brassic.

Synonyms

• See also impoverished

Anagrams

• knits, sinkt, snikt, stink, tinks

Source: Wiktionary



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