Lean
Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Both words in one sentence
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The 1936 Van Beuren Studios cartoon "Toonerville Trolley" has the lean and wily old goat The Skipper operate the trolley, while his hefty emigre wife keeps house.
Source: Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa -
Old Clay comments that they aren't the "lean mean fighting machines they used to be" while super old Master Fung easily defeats lions behind them.
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Although the early Eighties were a lean period, he's managed at least one film or television appearance a year since 1962, when he was three years old.
Source: Former Child Star
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