skite-the-gutter

== English == === Etymology === Compare skite (“to defecate”). === Noun === skite-the-gutter (Ulster) An unimportant or irresponsible person; a good-for-nothing. ==== Related terms ==== guttersnipe === Further reading === “skite-the-gutter n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “skite, v.1, adv., adj., n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.