lathy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lathy
Example Sentences
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He was a product of your own clean, sweet imagination, but let me tell you—" she made a swift feminine turn to the trivial, "You'll marry a tall, lathy man, or a short, dumpy man.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
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
"Will you fight, outlander?" were the first words of my lathy friend from the entry.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Lean and lathy, he is, but not hungry-looking; quick of eye and gesture; quick of step, too.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
Under this iron thatch stood the man Bendemeer himself, cool and lathy in spotless ducks, planted there, as was his morning custom, to oversee and command all his little capital.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
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