Slunken

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shrivelled; lean, lank. UK, dialectal

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Etymology

From the past participle of slink. Compare Scots slunken (“lank, emaciated, lean, sunken”), Norwegian slunken (“lean, lank”), Danish slunken (“lean, lank”).

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