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skinny as a rail

skinny as a rail adjective: especially of a person, very skinny.

Adjective

skinny as a rail (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, simile) Especially of a person, very skinny.
    • At fifteen, he was already six feet tall and skinny as a rail.

Questions about skinny as a rail

What does skinny as a rail mean?
Skinny as a rail means especially of a person, very skinny.
What part of speech is skinny as a rail?
Skinny as a rail is an adjective.

Words near skinny as a rail in the dictionary

  1. skinning the lamb
  2. skinning up
  3. Skinningrove
  4. skinnings
  5. skinny
  6. skinny as a rail
  7. skinny bitch
  8. skinny bitches
  9. skinny dip
  10. skinny dipped
  11. skinny dipper

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