See Also: Slim, William (Joseph), 1st Viscount Slim (of Yarralumla and Bishopston)(encyclopedia)
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Hospital Slim River(health)
Sinfully Slim Crêpes Suzette(recipes)

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slim noun. M16.
[Sense 1, 3 formed as the adjective; sense 2 from the verb.]
A (lanky and) lazy or worthless person. Latterly dial. M16-M19.
A course of slimming, a diet. L20.
Navy News Skilliter went on a sponsored slim and lost 3st.
(Usu. Slim.) In central Africa: Aids (so-called from the severe weight loss associated with the disease). Also more fully Slim disease. L20.
? In sense 1 recorded earlier than the adjective and repr. a pejorative sense found in Dutch and German but little developed in English.