the skinny


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Noun1.the skinny - slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?"
details, inside information - true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details"
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Yet, by a strange deception, owing to the duskiness of the chamber, and the antique dresses which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously contending for the skinny ugliness of a shrivelled grandam.
He recounted Vatel's expedition to La Fontaine, related the history of Menneville and the skinny fowl to Pellisson, in such a manner that all the table heard it.
The skinny: A reunion with coach Joel Quenneville appears imminent as the Florida Panthers are the front-runner for the wildly talented Panarin.
The skinny tie is primarily a traditional tie but has a shorter width.
Another one of the firms being plugged by Katie is The Skinny Caffe, a coffee weight loss program, and it faced investigation over a complaint last year about promotions on the brand's site and social media.
Acquiring IST into the Skinny IT brand advances the company's vision to provide IT services that improve business operations and overall productivity through the use of technology, creativity and flexibility.
Now in its sixth year, the skinny dip sees hundreds of hardy souls cast aside their modesty and dash into Druridge Bay at sunrise.
Some senators believe that the point of the skinny repeal isn't necessarily to make it the law of the land, but rather to pass at least something in the Senate so they can get to conference committee.
Randel has created a sequence of nicely penned, quick read publications each entitled The Skinny On(R) with each presented as a work jam-packed with a system of drawings, information flow and narrative; all are meant to transfer data in a short and snappy, thought provoking and winning approach.
Raul Ramos Y Sanchez; THE SKINNY YEARS; Beck and Branch Publishers (Fiction: Literary) 13.99 ISBN: 9780692608418
The Skinny mirror offers a subtle slimming reflection (5-10 lbs) that works on the psyche over time.