skinnymalinks

plural skinnymalinkses · alternative skinnymalink · alternative skinny malink

1. UKdatedinformalA skinny person.

   Near-synonyms: skin and bones, spindleshanks; see also Thesaurus:thin person

   3 more examples

   'But she's a skinnymalinks.' 'She had lots of puppyfat before puberty stretched her out. […]

   1995, Emma Donoghue, Hood, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 202

   Too often, the media have played down the positive aspects of bulimia, displaying endless photographs of skinnymalinkses, none of whom look as if they could down more than as^([sic]) dozen tubes of Pringles (haven't you tried them? oh but you must!) without leaving the lavatory in a state of disarray.

   1995 April 9, Wallace Arnold, “Lunch and a little light bulimia with friends”, in The Independent

   'Oh, Lord, you've turned into a right skinnymalinks,' she noticed. 'Is that because of the boyfriend?'

   1999, Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon, Poolbeg, →ISBN, page 423

   Synonyms: skin and bones, spindleshanks, thin person