SLENDER
ADJECTIVES
► BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRANEY tall and slender → 1899 Amer. dial.
► EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful → 1805 Eng. dial.
► EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender → 1651
► GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky → 1808
► GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRACILENT slender, thin, lean → 1727 obs.
► GRACILIOUS slender, thin, lean → 1688 obs.
► JIMP neat in attire, tidy; spruce; slender, elegant → a1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LANKITY long and slender, lanky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LANNOCKING ► LENNOCKING slender, lean → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEARY thin, slender → 1641 Eng. dial.
► LENYE thin, slender → 1513 Sc. obs.
► LIGHT-TIMBERED of a person: slender, thin → L17 sl.
► LITTLE slender → 1956 Amer. dial.
► PERGRACIL lean, slender → 1623 obs.
► PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► REIBIE ► RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SAMMENTRAW tall and slender → 1859 Eng. dial. obs.
► SCALY thin, slender; light → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRANK ► SKRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender → 1846 Sc.
► SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLINKING slender, slim → 1928 Amer. dial.
► SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin → 1827 Amer. sl.
► SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow → 1784
► SUBTLE of small thickness or breadth; thin, slender, fine → 1382 obs.
► TANGLE-WISE long and slender → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TANGLY long and slender → 1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TEARY tall, tapering; slender; said of persons and plants → 19C Eng. dial.
► TWIGGY slender, as a shoot or branch → 1562
► TWIGSOME slender, as a shoot or branch → 1860
► WABBLE slender, easily shaken → 1866 Sc.
► WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness; tall or long and slender; lanky→ 1852 sl.
NOUNS
► LATH anything slender or fragile → 1633
► SMALLNESS slimness; slenderness → 1387 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BANTAM a young girl, a slender young woman → 1944 African-American sl.
► BANTER a young girl, a slender or pretty young woman → 1944 African-American sl.
► CRACKER-ASS a slender or skinny person → 1966 Amer. dial. derogatory
► GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person → 1867 Eng. dial.
► KALE-WORM a term of contempt for a tall, slender person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRANK a lean, slender person → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
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