Reverse Dictionary: SKINNY

(also see THIN, LEAN, LANKY)

ADJECTIVES
► CHOKE-BORED tall and thin, long-legged and skinny → 1958 Amer. dial.
► CORPSY thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FLATSIDED thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LATHY thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NARROW-ASSED slim, skinny → 1916 US sl.
► NARROW-GUTTED slim, skinny → 1953 US sl.
► POOR thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAKKIE in poor condition, skinny, emaciated → 1967 Sc.
► RATTLEBONED thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RIBBY thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RIBEY poor, skinny, scrawny → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SKINNISH thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SKINNY AS A SAPLING WITH THE BARK SCRAPED OFF very thin, skinny → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SKINNYMALINK thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLIM-JIM thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPARERIBBED thin; skinny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► GYPPO’S DOG a standard of skinniness → 2001 UK sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAG-OF-BONES an emaciated person, a noticeably thin or skinny person → 1764 sl.
► BARBER’S CAT a weak, sickly, malnourished person; a skinny man → 1864 sl.
► BARE-BONE a lean, skinny person → 1596
► BAREBONES a thin skinny person → 1868 sl.
► BEAN-POLE a tall, skinny person → 1837 Amer. sl.
► BEDFELLOW OF BONES a skinny, bony bedfellow → 1891 al. (Bk.)
► BEDFUL OF BONES an emaciated person; a very thin person; a skinny, bony bedfellow → 1832 Sc. 
► BONE-BAG a very thin or skinny person or animal → 19C sl.
► BONE-HEAP a very thin or skinny person or animal → 19C sl.
► BONES a skinny person → 1960s sl.
► BUNDLE OF BONES a very thin or skinny person or animal → 19C sl.
► CRACKER-ASS a slender or skinny person → 1966 Amer. dial. derogatory
► DRY BONES a skinny person → 1737 US
► MEESH a skinny little runt who acts like he goes looking for a fight every 2 minutes → c1990s Welsh playground sl.
► SCARCE-OF-FAT a thin or skinny person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SCRAE ► SCRAY ► SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton → 1802 Sc.
► SPARERIBS a very thin or skinny person → 1971 African-American sl.
► STACK OF BONES a very thin or skinny person or animal → 19C sl.
► SWABBY a very skinny girl → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)