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skell

American  
[skel] / skɛl /

noun

Slang.

  1. a person who lives on the streets, sleeps in doorways or subways, etc.; derelict.

  2. a slovenly person.

Etymology

Origin of skell

First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps shortening of skeleton

Example Sentences

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“I thought they both did. I thought they both had good one-on-one, good skell, good team. Both of them did.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2019

Clemens translates this into the present Frisian of Amrom, which runs thus—"thas hirr döp di ha wi tun iwagen Unthonken mage leat, thiar skell üs Biarner un krassent wurd."

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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