Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat slim.
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Examples
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He had been employed, he said, by a Mr. Holland, whom he described as a slimmish man, clean shaven, and by no means answering to the description which
The Man Who Knew Edgar Wallace 1903
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The shop assistant was wearing a slimmish navy-blue dress Verity would probably have been able to date to the exact month, but the mid-Twentieth Century decades all look alike to me.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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-- I was, in outline, what might be termed dwindly, not to say slimmish.
One Third Off Tony Sarg 1910
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