(informal) A person with a very thin neck.
That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
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(idiomatic, US, pejorative) An insubstantial person; a weakling.
Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek.”
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