skinny

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But Sal and I had barely got started when I saw a skinny figure coming down the road.

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He’d gotten so skinny that the gym teacher had sent him to the school nurse, who had sent him to the guidance counselor, who had asked why he’d lost so much weight.

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One of the man’s workers, a tall, skinny boy, carried them ashore in a cardboard carton on his head.

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Dad is super skinny without his dad paunch.

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The second, known as "skinny fat," involves a high overall fat burden in people who do not appear severely obese by traditional standards.

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