skell
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skell¹
Rhymes with -ɛl
Where it 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.
noun skells · skel
- 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.
skell²
Rhymes with -ɛl
verb skells · skelling · skelled
- To fall off or fall over. She went skelling over on the ice.
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title = {skell},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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