Meanings
plural skinny drinks of water
- USslangA person with a thin, gangly build.
Some skinny drink of water was raising the most sand of all, going at it whole-hog with one old man.
2006, Ivan Bunin, Night of Denial: Stories and Novellas, →ISBN, page 2262 more examples
At one point McGregor had coughed and the skinny drink of water involuntarily slid his chair back from the table.
2011, Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night, →ISBNI thought earlier that a skinny drink of water like him would be unconscious after a load of shots but no such luck.
2012, Helena Close, The Clever One, →ISBNSynonyms: gangly drink of water, scrawny drink of water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person with a thin, gangly build.
Origin
Based on the earlier long drink of water.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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