dwindly

Updated: June 3, 2025

Those Romping Elfin Twenties It has been my personal observation, viewing the matter at close range, that nearly always fat, like old age or a thief in the dark, steals upon one unawares. I take my own case. As a youngster and on through my teens and into my early twenties ah, those romping elfin twenties! I was, in outline, what might be termed dwindly, not to say slimmish.

Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb - One Third Off