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Definition of "the skinny" []

  • Slang terms for inside information (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "the skinny" in a sentence
  • "His eyes were locked to Toram Riatin and the skinny fellow."
  • "This was, in fact, correct, but our self-prescribed treatment—vitamin K as recommended by the skinny college-aged kid at the original Whole Foods Market on Lamar Boulevard—was both foolish and naive."
  • "AT THE SAME TIME GREG SANDERS WAS GIVING CATH-erine Willows and Sara Sidle the skinny on wig hair, Gil Grissom—in a loose long-sleeve dark gray shirt and black slacks—was striding down the hall, a file folder in one hand, his heels clicking softly on the tile floor."
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