Rail-thin

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very thin, unhealthily thin. derogatory, idiomatic, slang

    "But on the runway, the clothes designers love them. There is now a movement starting in Italy not to use rail-thin models and to return to those who actually look like women."

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"A bulbous man and a rail-thin man ate happily at a table in the corner, and you could tell they were a couple."

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