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slimmer


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slim  \Slim\,  a.  [Compar.  {Slimmer};  superl.  {Slimmest}.] 
  [Formerly,  bad  worthless,  weak,  slight,  awry,  fr  D.  slim; 
  akin  to  G.  schlimm  MHG.  slimp  oblique,  awry;  of  uncertain 
  origin.  The  meaning  of  the  English  word  seems  to  have  been 
  influenced  by  slender.] 
  1.  Worthless;  bad  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
 
  2.  Weak;  slight;  unsubstantial;  poor;  as  a  slim  argument. 
  ``That  was  a  slim  excuse.''  --Barrow. 
 
  3.  Of  small  diameter  or  thickness  in  proportion  to  the  height 
  or  length;  slender;  as  a  slim  person;  a  slim  tree. 
  --Grose. 




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