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Definition of The skinny
1. Noun. Slang terms for inside information. "Is that the straight dope?"
Lexicographical Neighbors of The Skinny
Literary usage of The skinny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"The other one, the skinny one, was between him and the car ... the skinny one .
. . the skinny boy was standing there staring at him . . . pure fear on his ..."
2. Bench and Bar by William S. Hein & Company (1919)
"The decision is that it is "better" for the fat and the skinny to remain ...
Or is it only the association of the fat and the skinny which renders ..."
3. The Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens (1852)
"Other sides are treated exactly in the same manner, one after the other, and laid
upon one another, with the skinny sidos ..."
4. Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley (1921)
"the skinny man tightened up on his ears for an instant and swung at Mr. ...
The fat man and the skinny one picked up Mr. ..."
5. The Irish on the Somme: Being the Second Series of "The Irish at the Front," by Michael MacDonagh (1917)
"With the woolly side out, and the skinny side in, Faix, 'tis pleasant and cool,
says Brian O'Lynn." The swing of the tune took the fancy of the Germans in ..."
6. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"the skinny old woman seemed reassured by this, and directly afterwards the chain
fell ... the skinny old woman, who was clad in a kind of blue cotton sack, ..."
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