skinnymalinks

English

Alternative forms

skinnymalink
skinny malink

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Scottish children's song, "Skinamalinky Long Leg," about a thin man and his adventures.[1]

Noun

skinnymalinks (plural skinnymalinkses)

(informal, Britain, dated in US) A skinny person.
- 1995, Emma Donoghue, Hood, Hamish Hamilton (1995), →ISBN, page 202:
  'But she's a skinnymalinks.'
  'She had lots of puppyfat before puberty stretched her out. […]
- 1995, Wallace Arnold, "Lunch and a little light bulimia with friends", The Independent, 9 April 1995:
  Too often, the media have played down the positive aspects of bulimia, displaying endless photographs of skinnymalinkses, none of whom look as if they could down more than as^[sic] dozen tubes of Pringles (haven't you tried them? oh but you must!) without leaving the lavatory in a state of disarray.
- 1999, Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon, Poolbeg (1999), →ISBN, page 423:
  'Oh, Lord, you've turned into a right skinnymalinks,' she noticed. 'Is that because of the boyfriend?'

References

Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Luxury Edition, Oxford University Press (2011), →ISBN, page 1352

[1] Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Luxury Edition, Oxford University Press (2011), →ISBN, page 1352

单词	skinnymalinks
释义	skinnymalinks English Alternative forms skinnymalink skinny malink Etymology Uncertain. Possibly from a Scottish children's song, "Skinamalinky Long Leg," about a thin man and his adventures.[1] Noun skinnymalinks (plural skinnymalinkses) (informal, Britain, dated in US) A skinny person. 1995, Emma Donoghue, Hood, Hamish Hamilton (1995), →ISBN, page 202: 'But she's a skinnymalinks.' 'She had lots of puppyfat before puberty stretched her out. […] 1995, Wallace Arnold, "Lunch and a little light bulimia with friends", The Independent, 9 April 1995: Too often, the media have played down the positive aspects of bulimia, displaying endless photographs of skinnymalinkses, none of whom look as if they could down more than as^[sic] dozen tubes of Pringles (haven't you tried them? oh but you must!) without leaving the lavatory in a state of disarray. 1999, Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon, Poolbeg (1999), →ISBN, page 423: 'Oh, Lord, you've turned into a right skinnymalinks,' she noticed. 'Is that because of the boyfriend?' References Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Luxury Edition, Oxford University Press (2011), →ISBN, page 1352
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