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[ jimp ] / dʒɪmp /
adjective Scot. and North England.slender; trim; delicate. scant; barely sufficient. Origin of jimpFirst recorded in 1500–10; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM jimpjimply, adverbjimpness, nounWords nearby jimpjiminy, jimjams, jimmie, jimmy, Jimmy Woodser, jimp, jimson weed, jin, Jinan, jingal, Jingdezhen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jimpPresently two handsome girls, with jimp raiment and fearless demeanour, came in and took possession of an adjacent table. Tales From Bohemia|Robert Neilson Stephens She ran hastily into the house, and in a few moments reappeared in a bewitching riding-skirt gathered round her jimp waist. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories|Bret Harte I noticed that he carried one arm in a sling, but otherwise he was still the model rogue, jimp and smiling. Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell She sat her mount superbly; as jimp and erect as a willow sapling. A Daughter of the Dons|William MacLeod Raine
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