Definition of skinnymalinky in English:
skinnymalinky
(also skinnymalink)
nounPlural skinnymalinkiesˈskɪnɪməlɪŋki
Scottish A very thin person.
that young skinnymalinks above the shop
Example sentencesExamples
- Leave that tall brooding skinnymalink out of this… And it wasn't Christian Rock, it was ‘alternative’.
- But hey, she makes her clothes up to Euro size 42 so she doesn't only mean for skinnymalinks to have them, does she?
- I was a super-hot skinnymalink in my younger years, or so I'm told.
- These women are real skinnymalinks, size 2 sort of thing.
- I have never been a skinnymalink, but I was proud of what my body could do.
Synonyms
skin and bone, stick, scrag
Origin
Late 19th century: origin uncertain; a Scottish children's song related the adventures of a thin man known as ‘Skinamalinky Long Leg’.