Meanings
plural scrawny drinks of water
- Synonym of skinny drink of water.
He was handsome and dashing and sculpted, as opposed to a scrawny drink of water in a ghastly old brown coat
2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 1342 more examples
He has ridden down to the lobby many times with people who work on the same floor as Bill Teale — including the scrawny drink of water from Consolidated Insurance — and they don't recognize him.
1994, Daniel Halpern, Antaeus: The Final Issue, →ISBN, page 133Yet this big, scrawny drink of water out in the field by himself seemed to be hoofing it along absolutely fine.
2015, Jenny T. Colgan, Resistance Is Futile, →ISBNSynonyms: skinny drink of water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of skinny drink of water.
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