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PROVERB
AS THIN AS A RAIL.
Submitter comment:
SEE DORSON, BUYING THE WIND; NO. 243 AS LEAN AS A SAWHORSE. P.137
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION.
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |