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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat slim.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • -- I was, in outline, what might be termed dwindly, not to say slimmish.

    One Third Off Tony Sarg 1910

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