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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sketel n.

also sketell, skets, skittle

[? she falls over like a skittle; note Catherine ‘Skittles’ Walters, mistress of Edward VII, Louis Napoleon, et al.]

a promiscuous woman, or one who is judged as such; also adj.

1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Sketel (noun) A girl with too many men or who behaves like a whore. [Ibid.] Skets (noun) A girl who behaves like a sketel; a girl who behaves like a whore at times. [Ibid.] Skittle {offensive} (noun) A whore.
1997–2001		Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 sketell n 1. a promiscuous female.
2006		in Sinclair London: City of Disapearances 304: my tag name is cutie and i am a skettel boom a shiner but only shine for there bus fare.
2008		A. Wheatle Dirty South 118: All because I have one child it doesn’t mean I’m some kind of skettel or ho on road.
2018-20		T. Thorne (ed.) ‘Drill Slang Glossary’ at Forensic Linguistic Databank 🌐 Sketel, skittle– promiscuous female.