Definitions
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- adjective having a slim body
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Examples
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Work a slim-bodied crank deep enough to tick the grass, ripping the lure through to spark strikes.
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So can slim-bodied nymphs, such as the Flashback Pheasant Tail.
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Long-tailed and slim-bodied, with short, rounded wings instantly spelled out cuckoo in my mind; which one, I have no idea though I suspected Yellow-billed!
Gestalt at 70 MPH John L. Trapp 2006
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They were slim-bodied birds, long, not at all configured like yard turkeys.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Gazing past the slim-bodied cynic, Oskar squinted.
Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001
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They were slim-bodied birds, long, not at all configured like yard turkeys.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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My knock set a dog barking inside ... the quick, insistent bark of a collie that romped against me, putting up its paws on me when the door was opened by a slim-bodied man of middle height.
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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My knock set a dog barking inside ... the quick, insistent bark of a collie that romped against me, putting up its paws on me when the door was opened by a slim-bodied man of middle height.
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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At the far end of the room where the kerosene lamp light was none too good Rios was standing with a solitary slim-bodied companion.
Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Jackson Gregory 1912
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An open piece of swamp land, fringed by tamarack and slim-bodied spruce, promised fair for his scheme.
The Outcasts William Alexander Fraser 1896
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