27 April 2017

skint

[skint]

adjective, British Slang.

1. having no money; penniless.

Origin of skint

1930-1935; probably orig. representing dial. pronunciation of skinned; see skin (v.), -ed2

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Examples from the Web for skint

Historical Examples

“If you would have gone to Mr. skint, sir—,” suggested Bozzle.
He Knew He Was Right
Anthony Trollope

Why didn’t he go to skint, as I told him, when his own lawyer was too dainty for the job?
He Knew He Was Right
Anthony Trollope

There ain’t no smarter gent in all the profession, sir, than Mr. skint.
He Knew He Was Right
Anthony Trollope

Anagram

knits

stink

Today’s quote

All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me… I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me.

– Egon Schiele

On this day

27 April 1904 – The Australian Labor Party wins the federal election, making Chris Watson Australia’s third prime minister. The ALP was the first such labour party in the world to win a national election.

27 April 1950 – apartheid formally commences in South Africa with the implementation of the Group Areas Act that segrated races.

27 April 1951 – birth of Paul Daniel ‘Ace’ Frehley, former lead guitarist with Kiss. Frehley’s character with the band was the ‘Spaceman’. He has since launched a solo career and formed a band called Frehley’s Comet.

27 April 1953 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450 ‘Hiring and Firing Rules for Government Employment’. The order declared homosexuality, communism and moral perversion to be national security threats and grounds for sacking a government employee or not hiring an applicant.

27 April 1994 – South Africa’s first democratic election in which citizens of all races could vote. The interim constitution is enacted. The African National Congress won the election with 62% of the vote, bringing Nelson Mandela to power. 27 April is celebrated as Freedom Day in South Africa.