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Thread #63142   Message #1024133
Posted By: Mark Cohen
24-Sep-03 - 02:32 AM
Thread Name: ? Meaning of Skint in songs?
Subject: RE: ? Meaning of Skint in songs?
The song "Poverty Knock" has the line, "The gaffer's too skinty to pay." I've always assumed that this meant he was a pennypincher, that it was a derivative of "skinflint." Does it just mean "skint", i.e., "broke"? Or is "skinty" a different word with a different connection to "skint"?

Aloha,
Mark