Wednesday's Word

Word: Fallen away (Adj. phrase)

Definition: physically wasted, gant

Usage:

"Poor Michael has fallen away something awful since his wife left him."

"Well, he's moving in with his mother now. She'll fat him up."

(Definition from: "How to Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by the Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press.)