rail-thin

English

Adjective

rail-thin (comparative more rail-thin, superlative most rail-thin)

  1. (slang, idiomatic, somewhat derogatory) Very thin, unhealthily thin.
    • 2009, Richard Norgaard, Controlling Your Future, Six Steps To A Better Life, page 133:
      But on the runway, the clothes designers love them. There is now a movement starting in Italy not to use rail-thin models and to return to those who actually look like women.
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