a wisp of a girl/boy

noun phrase

: a thin young girl/boy

I met her when she was just a wisp of a girl.

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In the picture, Betty, a wisp of a girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes, looks pale, expressionless, exhausted. —

Niran Al-Agba, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2022

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