Skilligimink

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Skinnymalink" was my grandmother's form. She said it frequently.

JL

"Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
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>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.

-- Doug Wilson



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