skell
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9.9
- noun
- /skɛl/
- Offensive
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vagabundo
- She warned her friends about the skell they saw sleeping on the bench in the park.
- two skells
Examples
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Don't let that skell hang around your shop; he's made a reputation for causing trouble.
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All I'm sayin', Skell, is I want folks to respect me.
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You're the skell that broke into the evidence room.
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"Sachs is our campus skell, has been for a decade.
Fiction book (1995) -
You think I'm an immoral skell who cheats on his wife?
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On my answering machine were messages from Edwin Sandler, a remarkably rich antique toy collector, and Oscar Klackman, a minor skell and forger.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the city, it can be tough to avoid a skell asking for change on every corner.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who behaves badly and cannot be trusted
3
9.9
A person who seems untrustworthy and suspicious
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
Antonyms
How Respectable
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3.0
1
1.4
- Offensive
6
9.9
25
7.7
1
5.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skell is American slang with no clear origin, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of skeleton, which brings to mind a thin, rough figure on the street. So skell is used as an 'insult' for a 'homeless' or disreputable person.