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Meanings of slight man in English

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Usage of slight man in English
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Young was a pale, slight man, very homely except when he smiled.
The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the...
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He was a slight man who looked to the side when he talked.
All That Is
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He was a tall, slight man, with a faint stoop at the shoulders.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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He was a slight man, not much taller than I was.
The Storyteller
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He was a short slight man, young, and with sandy hair.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an ...
6
Mr. Marlboro' was a slight man, hardly to be called tall.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 / A Magazine...
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Webster is a slight man, with angular features and a tiny pug nose.
Broke, usa: from pawnshops to poverty, inc.—how the working poor...
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The Slasher, with an 'Away, slight man' motion of the hand, said 'Gerrout!'
The Making Of A Novelist / An Experiment In Autobiography
9
Dresden-Saxony's mayor was a slight man with high cheekbones and glittering black eyes.
Cities in Flight
10
He was a short, slight man in his late thirties.
Broken Homes
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The disfavor or approval of this slight man of sixty meant nothing to him.
The Just and the Unjust
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Crockett, the ex-Revenue officer from Georgia, was a slight man, not physically very strong.
The Rough Riders
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He was a pale-faced, slight man, having the outward appearance of a city clerk.
Dross
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He was a spare, slight man, with a red moustache.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
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Hot fingers wrapped around hers, a slight man's solid grasp.
Heart of stone
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The painter, though a small, slight man, was utterly fearless.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common