skint

Preposition: at

• mo: Might get myself some walking boots but am pretty skint at the mo - what with all that drinking I did over Christmas.
• moment: Thing is, I'm so so skint at the moment, its struggle to afford diapers for the baby.

Infinitive complement

• buy: Been listening to the usual old stuff cos no one sends me new music anymore and I'm too skint to buy any.
• go: Too knackered, old, young, skint to go out?

Modifies a noun

• student: Q. But I'm a skint student... Q. What's your policy on staff training?
• writer: But I agree with almost everything else you say. skint writer says: June 24th, 2006 at 4:04 pm " Donât be lazy.
• knee: If you don't want skint knees, don't go cycling without your kneepads.

Modifying Another Word

• totally: Seven years ago, I was totally skint, Now I am rich enough to afford debts.
• too: Tix I am coming with my mom pls need cool people to meet all my mates were too skint!
• still: Having said that, I am still skint at the end of every month.
• always: I just make crap excuses for why I'm always skint.
• so: Thing is, I'm so so skint at the moment, its struggle to afford diapers for the baby.
• really: If you're really skint get off at the previous fare stage and walk.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: The wine list is short & sweet & , if you're feeling skint, you can BYO.
• get: The food kitchens were certainly needed cause we were getting skint like in August.
• end: I'm just hoping I don't end up skint.
• go: Presumably restricting you is to stop them going skint!