Without money. From rhyming slang ‘Boracic Lint’ – Skint.
Boracic
Etymology & History
British broke, penniless. Cockney rhyming slang 'boracic lint' = skint. British poverty terminology. Working-class London British financial hardship. Reflects British medical rhyming slang.
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London/Cockney
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Mild
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Formality
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