>>what's "skinnamarink"? > >This means a thin person. This appears in DARE under "skinny malink" and I >think in OED under "skinny". There are other spellings. Supposedly it's a >Scotticism. > FWIW, "skinnamarink" was in standard colloquial use in NYC, '50s, by those of decidedly non-Scottish extraction. I've never come across "skilligimink" before now, though. Larry