slimsy

[slim-zee]

adjective

flimsy; frail.

Also slimp·sy

[slimp-see] /ˈslɪmp si/.

Origin of slimsy

1835–45, Americanism; blend of slim and flimsy

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Examples from the Web for slimsy

Historical Examples of slimsy

His slimsy silver spoon, dented with toothmarks of an ancestor who had died in a delirium, was laid evenly by his plate.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Various
Hissing arcs up under that slimsy roof throw high lights and deep shadows here and there and everywhere.
The Modern Railroad
Edward Hungerford
They were none of the slimsy, composition-filled, aniline-dyed calicoes of to-day.
Home Life in Colonial Days
Alice Morse Earle
Cradle sheets of this thin, closely woven, white worsted stuff are not slimsy like thin flannel, yet are softer than flannel.
Home Life in Colonial Days
Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for slimsy

slimsy

adjective -sier or -siest

US informal frail

Word Origin for slimsy

C19: from slim + flimsy

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