slimpsy
- a variation of slimsy.
Example Sentences
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Sing! slimpsy lass who trips above And sets the foot-log quivering!
From The Book of Joyous Children by Vawter, Will
She was wearing a slimpsy sort of garment wrapped around her that wasn’t cloth but ocelot skins, soft and dappled, and silky.
From The Red One by London, Jack
Bitterness came back to her as she entered the hotel and her slimpsy little cloth gown must brush the Parisian skirts of the richly clad other women.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
Lovely young girls cried over their ball-dresses of illusion, and wondered if their hopes would thin off into the same slimpsy nothingness.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
"You feel so kind o' sheepish when you're barefooted and your dress is all slimpsy."
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Graham, Margaret Collier
