skinnymalink

skinnymalink

See also: skinny malink

English

Alternative forms

• skinny malink
• skinnymalinks

Noun

skinnymalink (plural skinnymalinks)

1. (Britain, informal) A skinny person.
   • 1992, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, Minerva (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 (2013), →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 (2013), →ISBN, page 83:

     Another skinnymalink, thought Jana. Were all journalists thin by nature, or did chasing after stories keep the pounds off?