jimp
adjective
slender; trim; delicate.
jimply
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a word derived from
jimp.
Example Sentences
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Her een sae bright, like stars by night, Her skin is like the swan; Sae jimply lac’d her genty waist, That sweetly ye might span.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Threepence ha'penny, and them jimply as big as a bantam's!
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Na," she said, as Gavin made a too liberal offer, "that would toom the well, and there's jimply enough for oursels.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
It was no langer syne than jimply an hour.
From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
