slimsy

adj

slimsy

adj

US, UK /ˈslɪmzi/

Etymology Blend of slim + flimsy.

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US, Colloquial, Dated flimsy; frail

  • In front of the store, and in and out of the interminable pushcarts, with their flaring oil-lamps at night illuminating a bewildering miscellany of merchandise,—everything from spoiled grapefruit to slimsy suspenders, Rosey played and fought and bit her way.1922, Robert Gordon Anderson, The Isle of Seven Moons, Chapter 8:

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