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Definition of Sloper
1. Noun. A climbing hold that has a smooth surface and sloping shape, making it difficult to hold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloper
1. one that slopes [n -S] - See also: slopes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloper
Literary usage of Sloper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1863)
"John Knight and our daughter Bridget sloper were married March 29th, 1684. ...
Mrs. Mary sloper, wife of Richard, and authoress of the above record, ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1861)
"said my friend Chips Items ; Ч 've tried hard to oblige you, Mr. sloper, but
really I can't quite get such unjointed ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1856)
"Law bless ye, sloper ; I knew you 'd come. Waitin' for yon, yon see ; ' and with
a hearty laugh Mrs. Tag shook me by the hand. ' Where 's that husband o' ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: In 1852 [-1859 by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Richard Torin Kindersley (1853)
"There was a balance after paying off Sievewright, and there being accounts between
sloper and Matthews, this balance was placed, under a deed of 25th June, ..."
5. Rambles about Portsmouth: Sketches of Persons, Localities, and Incidents of by Charles Warren Brewster, William Henry Young Hackett, Lawerence Shorey (1869)
"Bridget sloper was borne 30th August 1659.—-John sloper was borne 13th January 1661,
... Sarah sloper was borne of Thursday the 26th July, 1667. ..."
6. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War by Isaac Weare Hammond, Johnathan Burton, Abraham Fitts (1889)
"You are therefore hereby directed upon The refusal of The Said Henry sloper to
Comply wth This Judgm' To Deliver him To The Goal ..."
7. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1907)
"... sloper, in 1833, mortgaged certain real estate to Sievewright, with a power
of sale, under which the property was sold in 1842, to a purchaser who ..."
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