He was tall, but exceedingly lank.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:19 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Indeed, some say his melancholy spirit still haunts the vicinity.
- The worthy pedagogue was described as a most unusual man.
- To see him striding along, one might mistake him for some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.
- He was tall, but exceedingly lank.
- All together, he was such an apparition as is seldom to be seen in broad daylight.
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