skinnymalinkn.

Brit.

/ˈskɪnɪməlɪŋk/, U.S.

/ˈskɪniməlɪŋk/

Forms:

α. English regional 1800s– skinnymalink; Scottish 1800s– skinamalink, 1900s– skineemelink (Orkney), 1900s– skinnamalink, 1900s– skinnymalink; U.S. regional 1800s skinamelink, 1800s skinamulink, 1900s– skinnymalink, 1900s– skinnymarink, 1900s– skinnymerink, 1900s– skittamalink.

β. Scottish 1900s– skinnymalinks.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: skinny adj.

Etymology: Apparently an extended form of skinny adj. Compare later skinny-malinky adj. and skinny-malinky n.In β. forms probably showing -s suffix². Probably popularized by a children's rhyme (compare discussion at skinny-malinky adj. and n.). A connection with skilamalink secret, shady, has been suggested (see P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8, 1984) 1077/2), but this seems unlikely on semantic grounds.

colloquial and regional.

A (humorously) depreciative name for: a skinny person or occasionally animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having

staffc1405

notomy1487

rakea1529

crag1542

scrag1542

sneakbill1546

starveling1546

slim1548

ghost1590

bald-rib1598

bare-bone1598

bow-case1599

atomy1600

sneaksbill1602

thin-gut1602

anatomya1616

sharg1623

skeleton1630

raw-bone1635

living skeleton1650

strammel1706

scarecrow1711

rickle of bones1729

shargar1754

squeeze-crab1785

rack of bones1804

thread-paper1824

bag of bones1838

dry-bones1845

skinnymalink1870

hairpin1879

slim jim1889

skinny1907

underweight1910

asthenic1925

ectomorph1940

skinny-malinky1957

matchstick1959

1870 Punchinello 2 27 I had sent too many of such skinamelinks to the clay banks when I was Gustise of the Peece to allow 'em to fool me much.

1892 Brechin Advertiser 6 Sept. 3 Twa skinamalinks o' the genus horse.

1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie iii. 15 Wee skinamalink craturs dottin' up the passages in U.F. kirks carryin' the books.

1935 S. Beckett Echo's Bones & Other Precipitates The chagrin of the old skinnymalinks.

1954 S. Sterling I was House Detective 98 The elevator man was a tall skinnymarink with very little meat on him.

1979 L. Derwent Border Bairn vi. 71 A skinnymalink of a laddie with holes in his stockings.

1993 S. Isaacs After All 94 ‘Who's that skinny marink over there, bawling her head off?’... She resembled Veronica, the rich girl in the Archie comic books, grown to bulimic middle age.

2000 Independent 17 Feb. ii. 4/2 The muscle-bound, massive-thighed brutes have gone. Footballers are now skinnymalinks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skinnymalink
释义	skinnymalinkn. Brit. /ˈskɪnɪməlɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈskɪniməlɪŋk/ Forms: α. English regional 1800s– skinnymalink; Scottish 1800s– skinamalink, 1900s– skineemelink (Orkney), 1900s– skinnamalink, 1900s– skinnymalink; U.S. regional 1800s skinamelink, 1800s skinamulink, 1900s– skinnymalink, 1900s– skinnymarink, 1900s– skinnymerink, 1900s– skittamalink. β. Scottish 1900s– skinnymalinks. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: skinny adj. Etymology: Apparently an extended form of skinny adj. Compare later skinny-malinky adj. and skinny-malinky n.In β. forms probably showing -s suffix². Probably popularized by a children's rhyme (compare discussion at skinny-malinky adj. and n.). A connection with skilamalink secret, shady, has been suggested (see P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8, 1984) 1077/2), but this seems unlikely on semantic grounds. colloquial and regional. A (humorously) depreciative name for: a skinny person or occasionally animal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1870 Punchinello 2 27 I had sent too many of such skinamelinks to the clay banks when I was Gustise of the Peece to allow 'em to fool me much. 1892 Brechin Advertiser 6 Sept. 3 Twa skinamalinks o' the genus horse. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie iii. 15 Wee skinamalink craturs dottin' up the passages in U.F. kirks carryin' the books. 1935 S. Beckett Echo's Bones & Other Precipitates The chagrin of the old skinnymalinks. 1954 S. Sterling I was House Detective 98 The elevator man was a tall skinnymarink with very little meat on him. 1979 L. Derwent Border Bairn vi. 71 A skinnymalink of a laddie with holes in his stockings. 1993 S. Isaacs After All 94 ‘Who's that skinny marink over there, bawling her head off?’... She resembled Veronica, the rich girl in the Archie comic books, grown to bulimic middle age. 2000 Independent 17 Feb. ii. 4/2 The muscle-bound, massive-thighed brutes have gone. Footballers are now skinnymalinks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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