lathy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lathy
Example Sentences
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Son, sire, mother, a lathy dame to match him.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
She was a blonde with golden hair, mounted on a bright chestnut blood-like hunter; and, as she was of slight, lathy figure, and rode exceedingly well, the ensemble was quite charming.
From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Moustache, Vielle
The glare thrown upon his sunk features and thin lathy frame gave an unearthy horror to his whole aspect.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
A lathy wench; a girl almost as slender as a lath.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
Some of them, doubtless, are fine, good-looking, well-conditioned animals; but the majority are lean, lathy, sunken-eyed, woe-begone, iron-marked, desperately-abused brutes, lacking all the lively energy that characterizes the movements of the up-to-the-mark hunter.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
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