Definition of Slinter

1. a trick [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slinter

slingshotten
slingshotting
slink
slinked
slinker
slinkers
slinkier
slinkies
slinkiest
slinkily
slinkiness
slinkinesses
slinking
slinks
slinky
slinter (current term)
slinters
sliotar
sliotars
slip
slip-case
slip-cueing
slip-joint pliers
slip-on
slip-skin grape
slip-up
slip-ups
slip away
slip by
slip carriage

Literary usage of Slinter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... Foote, Wilkes, and slinter. Yorick's Jests, being a New Collection of Jokes. Lond. 1770, 12mo. front. See 1770. 1783. Winter's Wit; or Fun for cold ..."

2. The Eastern Alps Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"by a route diverging to the right from the above-mentioned road about 3 M. from the farm, crossing the brook, and ascending the slinter- grabe» ..."

3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Slint or slinter, a slovenly, untidy, awkward man, corresponding with the English slut as applied to a woman; from the Gaelic ..."

4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Slint or slinter, a slovenly, untidy, awkward man, corresponding with the English slut as applied to a woman ; from the Gaelic ..."

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