"thin as a rake" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-thin as a rake.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} thin as a rake (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Incredibly thin, at an unhealthy-looking level of thinness. Tags: not-comparable Translations (incredibly thin): laiha kuin tikku (Finnish), laiha kuin kukkakeppi (Finnish), maigre comme un clou (French), delgado coma un espicho (Galician), magro come un chiodo (Italian), tynn som en strek (Norwegian Bokmål), худо́й как ще́пка (xudój kak ščépka) (Russian), то́щий как жердь (tóščij kak žerdʹ) (Russian), smal som en sticka (Swedish), smal som en pinne (Swedish), trådsmal (Swedish)
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      "sense": "incredibly thin",
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      "sense": "incredibly thin",
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      "sense": "incredibly thin",
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