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skint

(skɪnt)

adj

(Banking & Finance) (usually postpositive) slang Brit without money

[variant of skinned, past participle of skin]

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skint

(skɪnt)

adj.

Brit. Slang. having no money; penniless.

[1930–35; probably orig. representing dial. pronoun of skinned; see skin (v.), -ed²]

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Adj.

skint - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"

broke, bust, stone-broke, stony-broke

poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

Translations

pleite

fauché

skint

[skɪnt] ADJ to be skint → estar sin cuartos, estar pelado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

skint

[ˈskɪnt] adj (British) (= broke) → raide skin test n → cuti-réaction f, cuti fskin-tight skintight [ˌskɪnˈtaɪt] adj [trousers, dress] → collant(e), ajusté(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

skint

adj (Brit inf) to be skint → pleite or blank sein (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

skint

[skɪnt] adj (Brit) (fam) to be skint → essere in bolletta, essere al verde

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Until the Right's poster boy for living in the past, Nigel Farage, declared that fighting for Brexit had left him "skint".

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