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skinny; scrawny; scraggy; spindly; twiggy thin; (as) thin as a rake [coll.]; weedy [Br.] (of a person or body part) [listen] dürr; spindeldürr; knochendürr; klapperdürr; spillerig [Norddt.] [Mitteldt.]; zaundürr [Bayr.] [Ös.]; brandmager [Schw.] [ugs.] {adj} (Person, Körperteil) [anat.]

a scrawny old woman eine spindeldürre alte Frau

to be skinny as a stick; to be a stick spindeldürr sein; knochendürr sein; ein Strich in der Landschaft sein [humor.]

twiggy dürr; vertrocknet; knochentrocken {adj} [bot.]
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