lankish

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Just looking at the two women she knew the older one was Sally's mother, she had the same straight nose, lankish hair, the large pools of eyes and the flimsy frame.

Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002
His eyes widened, and fixed themselves in undisguised admiration upon a young woman who had entered the room behind Mrs. Milo -- a lankish, but graceful young woman, radiant in a gown of shimmering satin, her fair hair haloed by carefully carried lengths of misty tulle.

Apron-Strings Eleanor Gates 1913