Slim turned Bush down, and Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, just weeks before the presidential election.
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior?|Lloyd Green|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was slim, about “fifty to sixty pages,” according to Bradlee, and mostly concerned with her paintings.
The Bizarre Tale of Ben Bradlee, JFK, and the Master Spy|Will Rahn|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For months, first term Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan has managed to cling to slim lead that has defied national factors.
In Tarheel State, Democratic Senate Incumbent Bucks National GOP Trend|Ben Jacobs|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stangneth probes his affairs in Argentina, including with Ingrid von Ihne, “tall, blond, and slim, with a cold beauty.”
Nothing Was Banal About Eichmann’s Evil, Says a Scathing New Biography|Michael Signer|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Schools are more than happy to help players bulk up but nothing is done to help them slim down after the cleats get hung up.
College Football Fattens Players Up and Then Abandons Them|Evin Demirel|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, out into view beneath me, was thrust a slim ivory hand which held an electric pocket lamp.
Tales of Secret Egypt|Sax Rohmer
His tall, straight form, erect and slim, swung toward them over the ice.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930|Various
O'Reilly took her by the hand, and with an arm round the slim waist raised the girl to her feet.
The Lion's Mouse|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
This was understood between them before they left Meadows, but the plan did not work out because Slim failed to do his part.
The Man from the Bitter Roots|Caroline Lockhart
She was in pearl gray, no powder, no mustache, slim as a reed.
Jane Journeys On|Ruth Comfort Mitchell
British Dictionary definitions for slim (1 of 3)
slim
/ (slɪm) /
adjectiveslimmerorslimmest
small in width relative to height or length
small in amount or qualityslim chances of success
verbslims, slimmingorslimmed
to make or become slim, esp by diets and exercise
to reduce or decrease or cause to be reduced or decreased
See also slim down
Derived forms of slim
slimly, adverbslimmer, nounslimness, noun
Word Origin for slim
C17: from Dutch: crafty, from Middle Dutch slimp slanting; compare Old High German slimbi obliquity
British Dictionary definitions for slim (2 of 3)
Slim1
/ (slɪm) /
noun
the E African name for AIDS
Word Origin for Slim
from its wasting effects
British Dictionary definitions for slim (3 of 3)
Slim2
/ (slɪm) /
noun
William Joseph, 1st Viscount. 1891–1970, British field marshal, who commanded (1943–45) the 14th Army in the reconquest of Burma (now called Myanmar) from the Japanese; governor general of Australia (1953–60)