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skel

skel is the alternative form of skell.

Meaning of skell

Noun

skell (plural skells)

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

See all 3 meanings of skell

Forms of skel

pluralskels

Questions about skel

What is skel the alternative form of?
Skel is the alternative form of skell.

Words near skel in the dictionary

  1. skeines
  2. skeining
  3. skeinings
  4. skeinlike
  5. skeins
  6. skel
  7. Skelcey
  8. skelder
  9. skeldered
  10. skeldering
  11. skelders

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