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skite-the-gutter

skite-the-gutter noun: an unimportant or irresponsible person; a good-for-nothing.

Noun

skite-the-gutter

  1. (Ulster) An unimportant or irresponsible person; a good-for-nothing.
    • They pulled into the Houlihans’ driveway at three o’clock. Larry, the younger of the two, the one who had turned skite-the-gutter in the hunger strike, opened the door. O’Gorman threw him inside with a shove that sent him flying down the hall on his back.1999 November, Thomas Fleming, Hours of Gladness, New York, NY: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 142
    • it is strange that only you think i am doomhead. others around here know better. it just proves you're a headbin who's just rifting around here. ask birdy if you don't understand that. if you scunner her as much as you scunner me you'll not get an answer, just proves you're a skite the gutter which...2004 September 9, Captain Coulston, “Re: Proof that Wahid Azal's new book is selling”, in talk.religion.bahai (Usenet)

Origin of skite-the-gutter

Compare skite (“to defecate”).

Questions about skite-the-gutter

What does skite-the-gutter mean?
Skite-the-gutter means an unimportant or irresponsible person; a good-for-nothing.
What part of speech is skite-the-gutter?
Skite-the-gutter is a noun.

Words near skite-the-gutter in the dictionary

  1. skitcher
  2. skitchers
  3. skitches
  4. skitching
  5. skite
  6. skite-the-gutter
  7. skited
  8. skites
  9. skiting
  10. skitrack
  11. skitracks

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