Lexicographical Neighbors of Slinkers
Literary usage of Slinkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Artemus Ward; His Travels by Artemus Ward (1865)
"The editor, Mr. slinkers, is a polish'd, ... Foi a genteel home thrust, Mr.
slinkers has few ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"slinkers. Cows which, cast their calves. Ches. 34. [The untimely foetus of a cow
is in Cheshire known as slink or slink- veal ; and the lowest class of ..."
3. Falstaff: A Lyrical Comedy in Three Actsby Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, William Shakespeare by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, William Shakespeare (1909)
"BAED. Crusher of bed-gear ! QUICK. Rumpler of head-gear ! PIST. Deepest of drinkers !
MES. PAGE Meatiest of slinkers ! CAIUS Robber and brawler ! ..."
4. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"They are never dangerous, are ' slinkers.' Near Nain a few years ago they were
passing for three days in swarms, ' like the deer.' They are larger in every ..."
5. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"They are never dangerous, are ' slinkers.' Near Nain a few years ago they were
passing for three days in swarms, ' like the deer.' They are larger in every ..."
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