| Lean |
| Gaunt |
| Rangy |
| Skinny |
| Meager |
| Gangly |
| Scrawny |
| Thin -- |
| Slender |
| Spindly |
| Stringy |
| Rawboned |
| Limp ___ |
| Very thin |
| All limbs |
| Too skinny |
| Really thin |
| Hardly portly |
| Lean and long |
| Lean and wiry |
| Limp, as hair |
| Long and limp |
| Lean and ____ |
| Tall and lean |
| Tall and trim |
| Long and thin |
| Long and lean |
| Tall and thin |
| Tall and skinny |
| Long and slender |
| Lacking any curl |
| Slender and tall |
| Tall and slender |
| Slender and thin |
| Like a stringbean |
| Opposite of stout |
| Like a string bean |
| Not curly, as hair |
| Like many a hoopster |
| Lean, skinny and long |
| Like young Abe Lincoln |
| Straight without spring |
| Lacking spring or curl, as hair |