Sentence:  Do you see that are tall, limber-timbered, <WSD>slinky</WSD>-lookin' man with the blue cloak and two long black cords a-hangin' from it with almighty big tassels a-danglin' to the eendsic of it like the lamp-rope there, a-carryin' part of the cloak folded on one arm like a Roman senator, and t'other arm kimber, with his hat cockaded military like?--well, that is General Conrad Corncob. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Thin; lank; lean.