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Informal name for tall thin person

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Tony38337 | 09:54 Tue 02nd Feb 2010 | Word Origins
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Beanpole?
Lofty!!!
lanky?
I heard the term "longshanks" years ago but
have no idea of its origin.
skyscraper?
lurch?
agree with sandy 24a, beanpole
Longshanks was a nickname given to Edward 1
because of his great height.
daftgrandad...Edward the first was nicknamed Edward Longshanks because he was the tallest man in Court. The shank being the part of the human leg between knee and ankle
Hairpin ! One of my uncles was tall and thin.He was athletic when younger and then described as 'the galloping hairpin'.People probably had a Kirby grip, which has two long 'legs' with a looped 'head', and resembles a tall man who is 'all legs', rather than a pin, in mind but hairpin it was.
stretch?
Beanstalk or spindly also ......................
Hi zzxxee x

stretch???......what, as in Stretch Armstrong?.....................LOL

:0)

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Lampost!
Scraggy, scrawny and gangly :0)
hi yogi thats a sore point still after years between me and my brother he got one for xmas when he was about 8, i tied his stretch arm strong to the door handle and stretched him all the way to the kitchen and all this green goo came out
yes folks i killed stretch arm strong !!!!!!!
I hope they come to take you away...........you cant murder Stretch Armstrong and get away with it!.......you meanie .......LOL x
Thin-man
maybe i will have to serve a long stretch yogi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha
As kids in the north of Scotland many years ago, we would invariably call any such person Skinny-malinky-lang-legs!
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