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skinny

Definition for skinny

adjective as in very thin

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But it’s not just that his paychecks have grown considerably skinnier.

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Amused at his anatomy being dissected in front of him, Elordi claps back, mock-defensively: “He was grotesque to look at, but he was somewhat gifted. A deformed skinny freak.”

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His most vivid memory was the time a guard in El Centro gave him extra food because he thought my dad was a bit too skinny.

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He had been a young man of 20 when he left home, skinny and full of ambition.

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In some stores you were able to order skinny caramel lattes, get your hair and nails done, and maybe even get a piercing or two if your mum wasn't watching.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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