spindling

But how can they catch fishes that size on a little bit of a spindling rod and a line so fine you can hardly see it?

He had round, stooping shoulders, and long, spindling limbs.

They looked straight at a few spindling tomato plants set too near the tree and stunted by its shade.

Our regular steward was a spindling little critter with curls and eye-glasses who answered to the hail of "Percy."