Old and Thin

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Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Thin and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thin" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Thin adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

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Old and thin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Thin".

Nearby Words: thinned, thinly, thinness, thinning

I know an old man called Michael Finnegan He grew fat and then grew thin again He had twelve lives Then had to begin again Poor old Michael Finnegan Begin again.

Source: Ironic Nursery Tune
In "The One with the Rumor", she invites her old high-school friend, Will for Thanksgiving, who used to be so fat that Monica was his "thin friend".

Source: Formerly Fat
Old, caked blood isn't crimson, it's black, or, if it's somewhat fresh and in a thin enough layer, a kind of rusty red.

Source: Trash of the Titans

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