British slang for the state of being completely broke — having little to no money in your pocket. Skintness captures that familiar feeling of checking your bank balance and seeing a number that makes you want to cry. It's the condition of surviving on loose change before payday, turning down nights out, and eating beans on toast for the fifth night running. A deeply relatable word that sums up the financial reality for many people in the UK.
The skintness hit hard after Christmas — he couldn't afford the train home.
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(colloquial, UK) The quality of being skint .
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