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单词 skint
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skintadj.

Brit. /skɪnt/, U.S. /skɪnt/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: skinned adj.
Etymology: Variant of skinned adj. (see skinned adj. 6).
colloquial (originally British).
Penniless, broke.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 260 Skint, to be, hard up.
1935 ‘G. Ingram’ Cockney Cavalcade vii. 97 Edina offered him a shilling. ‘That's all right... I ain't “skint” yet.’
1968 S. Gore Holy Smoke 60 He wouldn't have minded leasin' the joint to some blokes who'd been having a bit of a stiff trot, and was too skint to start up on their own.
1977 S. Milligan in Observer 6 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 32/2 McGonagall..journeyed on foot (he was skint) from Dundee to Balmoral.
1989 I. Murdoch Message to Planet (1990) vi. 485 I'm afraid we're skint, we were awfully cheated by Mario who left everything for us to pay.
2004 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 30 Oct. (News section) 10 Deferring the work is not an option... The trouble is, the council is skint.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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