Meaning of skite-the-gutter | Babel Free

Definitions

An unimportant or irresponsible person; a good-for-nothing.

Ulster

Examples

“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.”

“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 everybody but you already knows.”

“Most of the violence was verbal rather than physical, but their shrill voices operated on the same frequency as one of those novelty rape alarms[…]. They called one another all manner of local names in their turbulent exchanges: binlid, dirtbird, blirt, girney gub, scut, skite-the-gutter, galeeried gunterpace, thundergrub, spoon and sponge.”

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