slinky a EDD slink sb 5: slinky 'lean.' Very thin.
1888 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 57 There was no mistaking the long slinky foxey, grayish [wolf], which seemed to walk along with that peculiar hang dog gait characteristic of his kind. 1924 ENGLAND 258 'Gi' lang wid ye!' the old man retorted. 'Ye lang, slinky cod hauler, wid legs crooked as a rainbow an' I dare say webbed feet on ye.' P 148-64 [Of a tall boy] long and slinky. Q 67-20 [riddle] Long, slick, and slender (slinky) like a trout, / When he bawls, his guts comes out [Answer: a gun].
