Solenoid

Definition

skint /skÇnt/ adj ( Brit sl ) ဘိုင္က်ေသာ။ I can't go on holiday this year—I'm absolutely skint.

Examples

1. ‘Some suggest that Jackson is so skint that last year he was forced to cough up a $2 million diamond watch as collateral for a bank loan.’
2. ‘‘We were always skint before
3. ’ Rowley says of the days before the band got signed.’
4. ‘‘I wasn't going to play this season because I was skint
5. ’ said Shaw.’
6. ‘Being students
7. we were always skint and wanted the easiest
8. most flexible
9. and most profitable form of income we could get.’
10. ‘I was so skint I couldn't even get the kids anything for Christmas.’
11. ‘By that
12. I mean we were too skint to really do anything.’
13. ‘I had previously owned a mustard-coloured Maxi and hated it
14. but I was so skint I found myself buying another one.’
15. ‘Due to reckless recent shiny gadget business acquisitions
16. I'm completely skint.’
17. ‘Whenever you go to the council asking for new books and equipment they say they are skint but they can find money for this kind of thing.’
18. ‘And what about women who can't afford to pay and have low pain thresholds - do they just lie there screaming in agony because they are skint?’
19. ‘After years spent as a skint student with only a few pounds to my name
20. I learnt to sniff out the best deals behind the bar.’
21. ‘‘He knew I was skint
22. so he asked if I wanted to come and work in this place for eight hours a day
23. ’ recalls Hemphill.’
24. ‘But loads of skint people from the estates around here use it
25. and it's creaming off cash from them.’
26. ‘And he doesn't mind taking on the job when I'm skint.’
27. ‘With lager prices having risen 160% in 10 years
28. is it any wonder they're skint?’
29. ‘We have had a very bad election result
30. we are effectively skint
31. our activists are discouraged and our membership is falling.’
32. ‘You have a lot of money in October
33. then come March you're skint again.’
34. ‘A thief had to empty his pockets out in the court dock to prove he was skint.’
35. ‘Laura
36. currently on placement at Salford's Hope Hospital
37. said: ‘I'm a skint student.’’
38. ‘But the worst time to be on Oxford Street is when you are skint and are shopping for someone else.’