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by uncacal on October 26th, 2009

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When did the word "sketchy" come to mean of questionable or suspicious character? It used to mean incomplete, as in "the available details are sketchy, so far".

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  • by paulizone on May 13th, 2010

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    Maybe it's a connection to the fact that crimminal sketch artist's draw "sketches" of suspects. So perhaps a sketchy person is worthy of being drawn as a sketch.

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