rail-thin
adj1
Derogatory, Idiomatic, Slang Very thin, unhealthily thin.
- But on the runway, the clothes designers love them. There is now a movement starting in Italy not to use rail-thin models and to return to those who actually look like women.2009, Richard Norgaard, Controlling Your Future, Six Steps To A Better Life, page 133:
- Related terms
- thin as a rail