skinny as a rail in English

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          "text": "At fifteen, he was already six feet tall and skinny as a rail."
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        "Especially of a person, very skinny."
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  "word": "skinny as a rail"
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      "name": "en-adj"
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        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "At fifteen, he was already six feet tall and skinny as a rail."
        }
      ],
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        "Especially of a person, very skinny."
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        "(simile, colloquial) Especially of a person, very skinny."
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"skinny as a rail" meaning in English

Adjective