lathy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lathy
Example Sentences
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Two of the capacious vehicles contained all my “plunder;” and, to manage them, I had hired a couple of lathy, long-haired Missourians.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
He was a tall, grey-haired, lathy, old Frenchman, well-dressed, and sufficiently respectable-looking to have passed for the lady’s father.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
Balbirnie and Makgill will both be good— Strong, active, lathy fellows; so they should.
From Poems on Golf by Society, Edinburgh Burgess Golfing
But at length, with a sudden bound upward, the fisher fell with his whole weight upon the back of his lathy antagonist.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
The glare thrown upon his sunk features and thin lathy frame gave an unearthly horror to his whole aspect.
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by Crocker, T. Crofton
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