Skilligimink

[Joanne M. Despres]

A North (New) Jersey resident of my acquaintance used say
something like "Skinny bolink."  I found this variant listed in a
collection of "Brooklynisms" at
http://www.lampos.com/brooklyn.htm.

Joanne

On 10 Mar 2005, at 11:43, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> "Skinnymalink" was my grandmother's form. She said it frequently.
>
> JL
>
> "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
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> Poster: "Douglas G. Wilson"
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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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