jimp
Americanadjective
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slender; trim; delicate.
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scant; barely sufficient.
Other Word Forms
- jimply adverb
- jimpness noun
Etymology
Origin of jimp
First recorded in 1500–10; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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She was the flower of Missouri, said the college scholar; no girl had freckles golden as hers, no girl so jimp a leg.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are the words: Stramash. jimp, musnud, kudos.
From Time Magazine Archive
She sat her mount superbly; as jimp and erect as a willow sapling.
From A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today by Raine, William MacLeod
And wha will lace my middle jimp Wi' a new-made London ban'?
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
Or wha will lace my middle jimp, Wi' a new-made London band?
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
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