as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions
an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out
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As Rose’s impoverished yet imperious mother Ruth, Parson’s dry deliveries offer great comic ballast to this ship of fools.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Jack grew up in an impoverished single-parent household and David is from a wealthy Texan family.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Braves couldn’t overcome a poor start from Reynaldo López and saw their six-game winning streak fall by the wayside in an 11-4 loss to the Nationals on Tuesday at Nationals Park.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to his fatal overdose, Prince was in poor health and was forced to cancel shows in Atlanta.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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When news of the remains’ being found broke, Burke was on his Withered World Tour.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
17 Apr. 2026
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An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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The show followed a wealthy family who became penniless overnight after falling victim to fraud.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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Alexander was, at this point, nearly penniless, moving from her large home to a one-room apartment in 1986 and taking a job at a local retirement home.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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Similarly, many exiles viewed the legislation as an empty threat because of the remote prospect of ever collecting from a bankrupt government.—
Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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McKenzie then stakes out Alex Mashinsky, the Israeli-American co-founder and CEO of Celsius, a now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Skint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skint. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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