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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1934

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SCHLIMPED, ppl.adj. ? Of small stature or physique.Kcd. 1934 L. G. Gibbon Grey Granite 35:
Meg, thin, schlimped and pert.

[A nonce formation, phs. conflated from slim and skimpit.]

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