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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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