Idiom
skinny Minnie
Meaning
A person having a thin physical build.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is such a skinny Minnie.”
“My sister has always been a skinny Minnie, no matter how much she eats.”
“Despite her reputation as a skinny Minnie, the athlete possessed surprising strength and endurance during the long race.”
Examples
simple
“She is such a skinny Minnie.”
contextual
“My sister has always been a skinny Minnie, no matter how much she eats.”
complex
“Despite her reputation as a skinny Minnie, the athlete possessed surprising strength and endurance during the long race.”
Origin
The term was chosen for the rhyme. Given the lack of surviving records regarding a specific namesake or historical event, the construction appears to be a matter of phonetic convenience rather than etymological depth.
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