What does pencil-neck mean?
Pencil-neck means (informal) A person with a very thin neck..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) A person with a very thin neck..
That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek.”
On Thursday, March 28, Trump took the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a campaign rally, where he unleashed a new schoolyard nickname: “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff.”
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Pencil-neck means (informal) A person with a very thin neck..
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That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
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