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Wiriness

noun

The property of being lean and tough and sinewy.

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"Wiriness" Quotes from Famous Books

... learned to box. If only he could hit that dancing, jumping ball with a fifth of the skill that O'Hara was displaying, his wiriness and pluck might see him through. O'Hara finished his fourth round with his leathern opponent, and ...

— The Gold Bat • P. G. Wodehouse

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... The porridge and cream and then two eggs and a good-sized piece of ham disappeared before Jimmy's appetite was appeased, for he was a growing boy, who played hard when he was not hard at some task. Jimmy was not large for his age, and his rather slight figure disguised a wiriness that an antagonist of his size would have found extraordinary. His hair was red and his face showed a mass of freckles winter and summer. Jimmy was a bright, quick boy, always well up in his studies and popular with his teachers. At home Jimmy's ...

— The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps • James R. Driscoll

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Words linked to "Wiriness" : thinness, leanness, spareness, wiry