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skinny-as-a-rail

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skinny as a rail

  1. (simile, colloquial) Especially of a person, very skinny.
    At fifteen, he was already six feet tall and skinny as a rail.
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  • rail-head
  • skinny-dipper
  • skinniness
  • skinnier
  • skinniest
  • rail-based
  • superskinny
  • skinnily
  • skinny-dipping
  • bustitution

WORDS NEAR skinny-as-a-rail IN THE DICTIONARY


  • skinning
  • skinning-back
  • skinnings
  • skinny
  • skinny-as-a-rail
  • Skinny DIP
  • skinny-dip
  • skinny-dipper
  • skinny-dippers
  • skinny-dipping
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