The word skint would be an accurate description of my fiscal situation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
By the way, if you're wondering about the British-ism in the first sentence, "skint" is slang for "broke," as in: got no money. From Wordnik.com. [RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
He added: "I'm skint, which is entirely my own fault. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
The mother-of-four has struggled financially in recent months and said she was "skint". From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
After the plan went wrong, he had telephoned emergency services in a drunken state and said he had acted because he was "skint". From Wordnik.com. Reference
UK is 'skint' says Marks & Spencer's Sir Stuart Rose. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
This from a so called skint local authority. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Valleys Mam: No Conference -we are skint skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [No Conference -we are skint] Reference
Very different from online magazines. skint writer said. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology/Psychotherapy] Reference
I'm the cautious type, not had much worse than a skint knee. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Working at that rate, he had them skint and owing in no time. From Wordnik.com. [Quite Ugly One Morning]
I was glad to know him when I was skint and he stood me dinner. From Wordnik.com. ['Kismet'] Reference
"Which makes you pretty skint, witless, " said a cackling voice. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows]
If I felt skint in February, I was certainly was skint in March. From Wordnik.com. [My report card for 2006] Reference
Both are skint, but at least the chav has some of his gold left. From Wordnik.com. [Discrimination allowed by New Labour.] Reference
Because, as they say in that Yorkshire colloquialism, he's skint. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Up with Salman Rushdie] Reference
"When t'owd feller died he was about skint," one old man had said. From Wordnik.com. [Favourite Dog Stories]
“Which makes you pretty skint, witless,” said a cackling voice. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]
"And we're too skint to go somewhere you can get a decent night out.". From Wordnik.com. [The Distant Echo]
We were all kind of broke in Mexico and often skint on things to read. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to be Cheerful - Part 1] Reference
In the old days you weren't so skint that you had to pander to lunatics. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Rapunzel]
If you were bad fooked and truly skint, you got the cattle boat to the UK. From Wordnik.com. [November 2007] Reference
Den in de nighttime us would have wild dreams 'bout dem old skint cow heads. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
She then folded it a couple of times and pressed it between her skint palms. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
'He'd shag a table leg on a Monday if the time was right and we were skint.'. From Wordnik.com. [faceless]
They are so skint they are charging £10 entry and £6 for commemorative mugs. From Wordnik.com. [Cruddas Targeted in Labour Dirty Tricks] Reference
"We can't offer Wales anything more interesting because we're skint" he added. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
How do we do something about it, given that the country's significantly skint?. From Wordnik.com. [Instead of one-nation Conservatism, we are getting a two-tier Britain | John Harris] Reference
Even if the Conservatives get in, they will be just as skint as the present lot. From Wordnik.com. [Things Will Never Be The Same Again] Reference
When one was skint one would enter talent competitions at a pub called Frescatis. From Wordnik.com. [Teddy Alexander] Reference
The rumour I heard was that he was doing the gigs cause he was skint, may be true. From Wordnik.com. [FallNet - the computer hamlets, inefficient in their cock-ups, are not something to dance past.] Reference
And ditto if a skint woman meets a high flying man who's the CEO of a major company. From Wordnik.com. [Why Modern Women Can't Win With Modern Men] Reference
One Labour source said last night: "It has been cancelled for one reason: we are skint.". From Wordnik.com. [No Conference -we are skint] Reference
Rigger Mortice said ... new labours skint, the goverment is skint, the consumer is skint. From Wordnik.com. [Labour Faces New Financial Crisis] Reference
A new Government, however skint, may not have the stomach to destroy the Legal Aid system. From Wordnik.com. [From Rumour Central] Reference
Because I was so young and so skint I didn't have much to lose when I first came to London. From Wordnik.com. [Once upon a life: Andrew O'Hagan] Reference
I'd spent the previous seven weeks working on speculative writing, so was well and truly skint. From Wordnik.com. [Pure jam: winning The Weakest Link] Reference
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