2. Verb. (third-person singular of slouch) ¹
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Definition of Slouches
1. slouch [v] - See also: slouch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slouches
Literary usage of Slouches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wessex by Clive Holland (1906)
"... at last a hobbledehoy of fifteen, fishing out his tuppence from the depths of
his corduroy trousers pocket, slouches forward somewhat shamefaced, a r. ..."
2. Brushwood, Picked Up on the Continent: Or, Last Summer's Trip to the Old World by Orville Horwitz (1855)
"... Italians, no slouches. HOWEVER poor a railroad is, it is always expeditious,
when compared with the diligence or vet- tura of this part of the world. ..."
3. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1912)
"He slouches from side to side, a curious gait, the reader will say, for a soldier
of thirty ... He never carries a stick or umbrella; he slouches along, ..."
4. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"A broad-shouldered, loose-limbed, swarthy, sullen, hulking ruffian, who "slouches
into his work as he slouches out of it," his great physical strength is ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1898)
"A shepherd, with his dog at his heels, slouches up the highway, looks longingly
at the place with its pleasant red windows, hesitates a moment, and slouches ..."
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