Awkwardly tall and slender ; ill-made ; long, straggling.
Awkwardly tall and slender ; ill-made ; long, straggling.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, dialect, archaic) A tall, awkward person, especially a wanton girl.