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1824 T. F. Dibdin Library Compan. (1825) 729 Out of 333 slim-waisted quartos and octavos.

1834 F. Wrangham Homerics 11 Him..Pitying, slim-ancled Ino spied.

1838 E. A. Poe Narr. Arthur Gordon Pym xix. 160 Slim-legged hogs.

1862 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 10 And spread Slim-pointed sea-gull plumes.

1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 142 After six a very slim-textured and pale causeway of mare's tail cloud running N.E. and S.W.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 371 The slim-leaved trees against the evening sky.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 16 Close by that a slim-trunked tree did grow.

1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. i. ii. 22 The slim-faced martel had knocked 'em down to me because I nodded to en in my friendly way.

1873 W. D. Howells Chance Acquaintance i. 17 Villages,..each clustering about its slim-spired church.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad x. 95 A long, slim-legged boy, he was, encased in quite a short shirt.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad x. 96 Into the midst of this peaceful scene burst that slim-shanked boy in the brief shirt.

1885 W. Black White Heather i A slim-built built and yet muscular young man.

1912 W. de la Mare Child's Day 14 But there, Ann dear, You'd rather be A slim-tailed mermaid In the sea.

1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 20 His slim-legged, beautiful horse.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 507 Milly Bloom, fairhaired, greenvested, slimsandalled.., breaks from the arms of her lover.

1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (N.Y. ed.) 50 Cyclamens putting their ears back. Long, pensive, slim-muzzled greyhound buds.

1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 83 Donkeys, mules, on they come.. great bundles bouncing against the sides of the slim-footed animals.

1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass 225 Himmelfarb..grinned at his long-legged, slim-faced, lightly freckled assistant.

1981 A. Sewart Close your Eyes & Sleep vi. 57 He was slim-waisted and muscular looking.