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Nov 30, 2009
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flim•sy



Pronunciation: (flim'zē), [key]
—adj., -si•er, -si•est,
—n., pl. -sies.

—adj.
1. without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
2. weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing: a flimsy excuse.

—n.
1. a thin kind of paper, esp. for use in making several copies at a time of an article, telegraphic dispatch, or the like, as in newspaper work.
2. a copy of a report or dispatch on such paper.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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