skell

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

Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?.

To fall off or fall over

She went skelling over on the ice.

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

(US informal - in New York) A tramp or homeless person; perhaps a shortening of skeleton

A homeless person who lives as a derelict

Etimoloji

() *From skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users. *Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Johnson, 1599.