Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Barely; scarcely.
- Neat; elegant; slender.
- Short; scanty.
- To jag; indent; denticulate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Neat; handsome; elegant. See
gimp . - adjective Slender; trim.
- adjective Scant; barely enough.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective dated, Scotland and N England
neat ;trim ;delicate ;slender ;handsome ;spruce ;elegant . - adjective dated, Scotland and N England
scant ; barely sufficient.
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Examples
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There was no sign of Lachesis and Clotho, but Atropos was writing at the table, and Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Only Shakspeare and Scott could have given us medicines to make us like this cowardly, conceited “jimp honest” fellow, Andrew
Rob Roy 2005
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There was no sign of Lachesis and Clotho, but Atropos was writing at the table, and Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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There was no sign of Lachesis and Clotho, but Atropos was writing at the table, and Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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How are they to know that the "jimp middle" of the ballads was in its jimpness in proportion to the shoulders?
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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From this it may be inferred that the "Lass of Lochroyan" did not owe her "middle jimp" to any very deadly artificial means of compression.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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Sae saying, I gared him climb a rape by whilk he gat abune the riggin o 'the bield, then steeking to the door thro' whilk he gaed, I jimp had trailed doun the rape, when in rinned twa red coat chiels, who couping ilka ane i 'their gait begun to touzle out the ben, and the de'il gaed o'er Jock Wabster.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various
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Her cheeks they are dimpled, her jimp waist is sma ',
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Every lady should read _A Simpleton_, and learn something of the monstrous wrong she inflicts upon herself by trying to compass an artificially-produced "middle sae jimp."
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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Here it might be said that the evident youth of the girl, who was dropped over the wall and fell on the point of the cruel Gordon's spear, accounts for her being "jimp and sma '."
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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