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  • adjective having a slim body

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Examples

  • Work a slim-bodied crank deep enough to tick the grass, ripping the lure through to spark strikes.

    Use Crankbaits to Catch Pre-Spawn Bass 2006

  • So can slim-bodied nymphs, such as the Flashback Pheasant Tail.

    Fly Fishing for Trout in Winter 2005

  • 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

  • They were slim-bodied birds, long, not at all configured like yard turkeys.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • Gazing past the slim-bodied cynic, Oskar squinted.

    Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001

  • They were slim-bodied birds, long, not at all configured like yard turkeys.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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