From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flimsy
adj 1: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn:
fragile]
2: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn: slight, tenuous, thin]
3: very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile";
"light summer dresses" [syn: light]
4: resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments
with cardboard walls" [syn: cardboard]
n : a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially
for making carbon copies [syn: onionskin]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flimsy \Flim"sy\, n.
1. Thin or transfer paper.
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2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
[Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
Limsy.]
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
objection.
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Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope.
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All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
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