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lean
1. (of a mixture of fuel and air) containing insufficient fuel and too much air
2. (of concrete) made with a small amount of cement
Lean
Sir David. 1908--91, English film director. His films include In Which We Serve (1942), Blithe Spirit (1945), Brief Encounter (1946), Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984)
Lean - An experimental language from the University of Nijmegen and University of East Anglia, based on graph rewriting and useful as an intermediate language. Lean is descended from Dactl0.

Clean is a subset of Lean.

["Towards an Intermediate Language Based on Graph Rewriting", H.P. Barendregt et al in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, G. Goos ed, LNCS 259, Springer 1987, pp.159-175].


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The verdict: The outfit looked skimpy but kept him warm during the chilly climb.
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The dancers did the rumba, samba, mambo and cha cha, and hot 'n skimpy seemed to be the order of the day for the women, bare chests for men.
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They are referenced in this faux-primitive romp fashioned for nine dancers in briefs or skimpy bathing suits.
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