skint
(slang) skinned.
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Born ~1925 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
It was Farages girlfriend who encouraged him to leave the BNP the same girlfriend who bought a house with monies Farage is unwilling to say how .. Yes there is a couple of ways to by a house but not declaring how, is…
Rules of capitalism if you're not in the 1% - be miserable working or be miserable cos you're skint
snag tights having a shark collection when i'm skint is fucking cruel im so sad!!!
How are you supposed to afford renting on your own? Recently single and having to live alone soon 1/2 bed flats are £900+ not including bills, how are you supposed to do this on your own? Just accept that I’ll be s…
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(slang) skinned.
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(slang, UK, Commonwealth, Irish) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
“Rules of capitalism if you're not in the 1% - be miserable working or be miserable cos you're skint”
“snag tights having a shark collection when i'm skint is fucking cruel im so sad!!!”
“How are you supposed to afford renting on your own? Recently single and having to live alone soon 1/2 bed flats are £900+ not including bills, how are you supposed to do this on your own? Just accept that I’ll be skint every month? I only earn 30k a year”
“It was Farages girlfriend who encouraged him to leave the BNP the same girlfriend who bought a house with monies Farage is unwilling to say how .. Yes there is a couple of ways to by a house but not declaring how, is very suspicious considering GF family Skint ..”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Rules of capitalism if you're not in the 1% - be miserable working or be miserable cos you're skint”
— Bluesky· May 2026“snag tights having a shark collection when i'm skint is fucking cruel im so sad!!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“How are you supposed to afford renting on your own? Recently single and having to live alone soon 1/2 bed flats are £900+ not including bills, how are you supposed to do this on your own? Just accept that I’ll be skint every month? I only earn 30k a year”
— r/AskUK· May 2026
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