lanky

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Sinking holes in search of a new Ballarat Dave Regan--lanky, easy-going Bush native; Jim Bently--a bit of a 'Flash Jack'; and Andy Page--a character like what 'Kit' (in the 'Old Curiosity Shop') might have been after a voyage to Australia and some Colonial experience.

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  1. adjective Tall, thin, and ungainly. See Synonyms at lean2.

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  • Tall and lanky, already packing on muscle from hard ranch work, he'd stood under her mother's backyard tree. —  Dummy1.htm
  • Pride was lanky, a one-time NBA benchwarmer back in the seventies. —  FSF,June2006
  • They stopped beside Graeme—one lanky, the other stocky and balding—and bestowed genial smiles on him. —  SexyBeastII
  • She was tall, lanky, and rail thin, and when she looked at Peter, it was with an open interest that always served to make him feel uncomfortable. —  Spider-Man2
  • “How? And how do you know he did it Barry Lynch told me.” Dylan recalled the lanky young man, and then remembered where he had seen him before. —  THE MISTRESS
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stocky ·  skinny ·  rangy ·  wiry ·  dark-haired ·  balding ·  long-legged ·  gangling ·  lean ·  gaunt ·  good-looking ·  blue-eyed
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