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[ adjective ] having unattractive thinness
Synonyms Examples "a child with skinny freckled legs" "a long scrawny neck" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Of_course he did some exercising - he 's crazy about water_skiing and swimming and this vigorous exercise in_conjunction_with the added food supplements packed pounds of solid muscle on his skinny frame . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)The covers slid down his skinny neck so I saw his head , fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed , but his face was turned to the wall - there was the pale shadow of his nose on the plaster - and I thought , Well you do n't look much like a pig-drunk bully now . Related terms |
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[ noun ] confidential information about a topic or person
Examples "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner" Related terms |
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[ noun ] slang terms for inside information
Synonyms Examples "is that the straight dope?" Related terms |
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