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lathy
[ lath-ee, lah-thee ]
adjective
- lathlike; long and thin.
lathy
/ ˈ±ôÉ‘Ëθɪ /
adjective
- resembling a lath, esp in being tall and thin
Example Sentences
The glare thrown upon his sunk features and thin lathy frame gave an unearthly horror to his whole aspect.
And he came back the pertest little ape That ever affronted human shape: And chief in the chase his neck he perilled On a lathy horse, all legs and length, With blood for bone, all speed, no strength.
Look—that's Lord Chislehurst's Falcon—I've backed him for a place—lathy beast: but a good deal of pace.
She was a blonde with golden hair, mounted on a bright chestnut blood-like hunter; and, as she was of slight, lathy figure, and rode exceedingly well, the ensemble was quite charming.
William Wilson grew up a tall "lathy fellow," standing, when full grown, quite six feet four inches high, straight as a willow-wand and as lithe, and gradually grew until at twenty-two he weighed from fourteen to fifteen stones, with a good reach of arm, and a finely developed muscular frame.
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