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pencil-necked

pencil-necked

English

Adjective

pencil-necked (comparative more pencil-necked, superlative most pencil-necked)

  1. Having a very thin neck.
  2. (idiomatic, US, pejorative) Insubstantial; weak.
    That pencil-necked geek isn't going to stop me.

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