skell.
a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
Meaning & usage
a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
Where this word comes from
* Perhaps from skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users. * Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599. * In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.
To fall off or fall over.
She went skelling over on the ice.
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