The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SKINNIEST
SKINNY
scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”
cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
(adjective) giving or spending with reluctance; “our cheeseparing administration”; “very close (or near) with his money”; “a penny-pinching miserly old man”
tightfitting, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny
(adjective) fitting snugly; “a tightly-fitting cover”; “tight-fitting clothes”
skinny
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
skinniest
superlative form of skinny: most skinny
Source: Wiktionary
SKINNY
Skin"ny, a.
Definition: Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. "Her skinny lips." Shak. He holds him with a skinny hand. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REDEYE
(noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; “he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning”
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