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  • adjective superlative form of skimpy: most skimpy.

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Examples

  • She had him dressed in the skimpiest of tunics and had him assuming various statuesque poses.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • When Hot Toys announced that they had nabbed themselves the Inglourious Basterds license, I quickly marched down to main street in my skimpiest frock and solicited my body so I could afford one of these impressive collectibles.

    Posable Basterd: Hot Toys Aldo Raine Figure « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • She had him dressed in the skimpiest of tunics and had him assuming various statuesque poses.

    Just what are they suspected of and did the archaeologists have a warrant to dig them up? 2009

  • Because the obituary I had accidentally found online, if it truly was his obituary, was the skimpiest obituary I had ever seen.

    Googling A Ghost John Olson 2011

  • "Imposing an irreversible sentence of death on the skimpiest of evidence will not serve the interest of justice," Barr wrote in an editorial on the case last Wednesday.

    Troy Davis Execution Approaches As Calls For Clemency Continue 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

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