skinnymalink

See also: skinny malink

English

Alternative forms

Noun

skinnymalink (plural skinnymalinks)

  1. (UK, informal) A skinny person.
    • 1992, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, Minerva, published 1993, →ISBN, page 370:
      Clad in yellow oilskins, and with a bulbous black helmet lodged on his grapefruit-sized head, he looked like a pencil I'd once owned. This skinnymalink was riding an equally emaciated-looking motorbike; […]
    • 2013, Christopher Andreae, Joan Eardley, Lund Humphries, →ISBN, page 53:
      One must remember that not only was loan no skinnymalink but this was the time immediately after the war when rationing still meant a fair amount of hunger.
    • 2013, Betsy Woodman, Love Potion Number 10, Henry Holt, →ISBN, page 83:
      Another skinnymalink, thought Jana. Were all journalists thin by nature, or did chasing after stories keep the pounds off?
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