Usually means: Thin, weak neck; derogatory descriptor.
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  1. pencil-necked: Wordnik
  2. pencil-necked: Wiktionary

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  1. pencil-necked: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pencil-necked)

▸ adjective:  Having a very thin neck.
▸ adjective:  (idiomatic, US, derogatory) Insubstantial; weak.

Similar:
pencil-thin, necklike, ewe-necked, stiff-necked, stick-thin, stiffnecked, fine, pinched, narrow-gutted, bony, more...

Opposite:
broad-shouldered, muscular, strong-necked

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Similar:
pencil-thin, necklike, ewe-necked, stiff-necked, stick-thin, stiffnecked, fine, pinched, narrow-gutted, bony, more...

Opposite:
broad-shouldered, muscular, strong-necked



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