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skellnoun
a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
skellnoun
(informal police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. (Compare scumbag.) Popularized on the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.
skellverb
To fall off or fall over
She went skelling over on the ice.
Etymology: *From skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users.
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Skell
Skell, as a stereotypical or archetypal designation, refers to a person who is homeless, vagrant or derelict. It is often used to connote such a person who is habitually engaged in small-time criminal activity, especially by one working as a con artist or panhandler.
Rap Dictionary
skellnoun
A drug addict who has little or no nutrition, someone who looks like a skeleton. "From crack, more then likey is a suggestion of sell, I gives a fu** - who ya breaking and disso skell" -- Mack 10 featuring Big Tymers, Mikkey (King Pin Dream)
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skellnoun
a SKELDER was originally a disabled veteran of one of the many European wars of the Middle Ages. He was allowed to beg by the side of a road as a "pension". It later became a term of reprobate as many would fake injuries in order to be allowed to beg without interference. It is middle provincial English that was brought to the United States by the early English immigrants who would go on to be the first patrolmen in New York City.
Some SKELL is making trouble on 10th Avenue.
Etymology: Middle provincial English
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of skell in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of skell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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