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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. {Flimsier}; superl. {Flimsiest}.] [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf {Limsy}.] Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as a flimsy argument, excuse, objection. Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope. All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. --Sheridan. Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flimsy \Flim"sy\, n. 1. Thin or transfer paper. 2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flimsy adj 1: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: {fragile}] 2: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" [syn: {slight}, {tenuous}, {thin}] 3: very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses" [syn: {light}] 4: resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls" [syn: {cardboard}] n : a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies [syn: {onionskin}]
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