Adjective

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(dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

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, year=1899 , year_published=2007 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Neil Munro , title=Gilian the Dreamer , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee? }}

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, year=1994 , year_published=2011 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=George MacDonald Fraser , title=Flashman and the Angel of the Lord , chapter= , url= , genre= , publisher=HarperCollins , isbn=9780007325696 , page= , passage=… Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze. }}

(dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient.