pencil-neck
/ˈpɛnslnɛk/originally US
adjective
Slang (usually depreciative ). Thin, scrawny; weak, effete.
noun
1A long thin neck.
2 Slang (usually depreciative ). An excessively studious or effete person; a person with a poor physique (as exemplified by a thin or scrawny neck); a weakling. Hence as a general term of abuse.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From pencil + neck.
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