skell
Noun

skell (plural skells)

  1. (slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
    Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
  2. (slang, US, New York, police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
Synonyms Verb

skell (skells, present participle skelling; past and past participle skelled)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To fall off or fall over.
    She went skelling over on the ice.



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