skinny

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He's described as a skinny white male in his thirties.

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  1. adjective Very thin. See Synonyms at lean2.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling skin.
  3. noun Slang Inside information; the real facts: learned the skinny on their falling-out.

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  • The old man behind the counter--skinny, gray beard, John Deere cap--took my money for the small bottle of orange juice, gave me change, then looked at my face and said, "You don't look too good, mister." —  FSFDec2003
  • It features an ultra-skinny, almost unrecognizable Lohan stuck inside some kind of '80s commercial hell, uttering monosyllables as geometric shapes fly by and horrid house music plays.
  • The Hairy Man -- skinny, skeezy, looks like a lost member of Jethro Tull? —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • I put together an example package called collective. skinny to demonstrate how this could work. collective. skinny is a template; it's meant to be copied and modified. —  Planet Python
  • Old, skinny, and wrinkled to the bone, yet so zen and peaceful, her eyes lighting upon you as if you were looking at a spirit. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
 

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scrawny ·  slim ·  bony ·  hairy ·  plump ·  lanky ·  chubby ·  stocky ·  tall ·  muscular ·  shapely ·  middle-aged
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/ˈskɪni/
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