Definition of skint
chiefly British
: without money : penniless
However skint I am, I always pay my services bills …— Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) I was skint by that time. It was a shame. … Still, who needs money when you're looking good?— Melvin Burgess
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The first known use of skint was circa 1925
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