skell

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.

   Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?

2. noun A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
3. verb To fall off or fall over.

   She went skelling over on the ice.

Similar words

skel skellum skellington skelly rough sleeper skinner skelder skunk skipper-bird shitskin

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