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twiggy

[ US /ˈtwɪɡi/ ]
[ UK /twˈɪɡi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. thin as a twig

How To Use twiggy In A Sentence

  • In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump.
  • Tasted without food, it's what I can only describe as twiggy - it's as if they have crushed the vines along with the grapes. Archive 2006-08-01
  • The chalkiness of the boys 'spindly arms against their loose tank tops, twiggy wrists in massive gloves, and little faces in big headgear don't do much to break that stereotype. Joshua David Stein: Blue Blood: Thinking Outside the Box
  • In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump.
  • She pushed them away with the twiggy end of the rowan branch and pulled herself along faster. Crimson Wind
  • He struggled under the weight of the heavy tomes, his twiggy arms flailing pitifully.
  • Forgive me, for when I left the city and moved upstate and never called the sorority girl who seduced me, and didn't call the girl I had a one night stand with because I was creeped out by her long, twiggy fingers. Forgive me, father
  • In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump.
  • As the leaves fall off the trees, leaving twiggy skeletons to draw broken brush strokes on the sky, I add further layers to my outdoor clothing.
  • The girls giggled in back while the boys went first—twiggy boys in huge down jackets and oversize jeans, the crotches hanging below their knees. Three Stages of Amazement
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