An expression to describe someone who claims to be skint all the time to avoid spending cash when they are actually minted.
Eg 1
James: Do you think Jeremy will want to come to the cinema?
Jacob: Yeah he will but he'll pull the whole skintminted routine.
James: That's true, he'll want to wait for orange wednesdays.
Eg 2
Jeremy: Dude, I'm gonna have to ask for some diesel money, really struggling for cash at the minute.
Isaac: *cough* skintminted *cough*
Jeremy: What did you say?!
Isaac: Nothing just clearing my throat.
James: Do you think Jeremy will want to come to the cinema?
Jacob: Yeah he will but he'll pull the whole skintminted routine.
James: That's true, he'll want to wait for orange wednesdays.
Eg 2
Jeremy: Dude, I'm gonna have to ask for some diesel money, really struggling for cash at the minute.
Isaac: *cough* skintminted *cough*
Jeremy: What did you say?!
Isaac: Nothing just clearing my throat.
by jMiR March 2, 2010
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Something that is light such as a light fall of snow or rain.
and also it is A Middle English British form of Shift.
Something that is light such as a light fall of snow or rain.
and also it is A Middle English British form of Shift.
BRITISH (Shift):
Guy1: Mate! We all got knocked down there is Affy who was left alone and then suddenly he clutched their entire squad, we won.
Guy2: That's a skift!
Guy1: Yeah! He's skift!
SOTHERN (Light Snow/Rain):
We had a skift of snow (a sight never before witnessed here at this season of the year), on the night of the 21st. The bees were housed for 3 days.
—G. W. Demaree, (letter) The American Bee Journal, 6 Jun. 1883
Guy1: Mate! We all got knocked down there is Affy who was left alone and then suddenly he clutched their entire squad, we won.
Guy2: That's a skift!
Guy1: Yeah! He's skift!
SOTHERN (Light Snow/Rain):
We had a skift of snow (a sight never before witnessed here at this season of the year), on the night of the 21st. The bees were housed for 3 days.
—G. W. Demaree, (letter) The American Bee Journal, 6 Jun. 1883
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