wiry

• I had all a young girl's repulsion towards stout men He was thin and wiry, and very athletic, a great rider I gave a sigh of relief Did his--it does not really matter" (I felt the essentials were all right and that I must not ask too much of life)--"but did his hair curl Aunt Emmy drew out of her bosom a little locket, hanging by a thin gold chain, with a forget-me-not in blue enamel on it, and opened it. —  The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy
• Frank was short and wiry, and had a big, ferocious mustache, the effect of which was softened by his kindly brown eyes. —  The Last of the Plainsmen
• They said you were strong and wiry, and I expected to see a giant. —  The Hilltop Boys on the River
• "Fine and wiry, and almost skips some beats. —  The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick
• In person he was slightly above the middle standard; and had not the texture of his frame been remarkably hard, wiry, and muscular, the total absence of all superfluous flesh would have given the lean gauntness of his figure an appearance of almost spectral emaciation. —  Devereux — Volume 01

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