skell

[ skel ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a person who lives on the streets, sleeps in doorways or subways, etc.; derelict.
2. a slovenly person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skell¹

First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps shortening of skeleton

Example Sentences

For the 2023 season, a 4-mile section of East Rim Drive between Cleetwood Cove and the Skell Head Overlook will be closed, park officials said.

From Seattle Times

“I thought they both did. I thought they both had good one-on-one, good skell, good team. Both of them did.”

From Seattle Times

And after you’ve spent another dozen hours sussing your starter Skell’s ability to leap and move and fight an order of magnitude further and faster than your party on foot, you’re thinking about buying very different others, then outfitting your entire party with their own.

From Time

Others said that the god Skell had lowered himself from heaven to Shasta’s summit to throw molten rocks at the Spirit of the Below-World.

From Slate

“That skell of yours was guilty of something.”

From New York Times