Lexic.us

Definition of Slowpoke

1. Noun. Someone who moves slowly. "In England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"

Definition of Slowpoke

1. Noun. (US Canada) A mild insult for a person that moves slowly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slowpoke

1. a slow individual [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slowpoke

Literary usage of Slowpoke

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

1. All about Coffee by William Harrison Ukers (1922)
"slowpoke: But I won't let you stand at the window and watch the new styles! ... But if one hits the right spot — oh well, one may succeed! slowpoke ..."

2. The Pottery of Lerna IV by Jeremy B. Rutter (1995)
"Briefly, each vial was subjected to a sequence of three irradiations in the University of Toronto's slowpoke reactor interspersed with four measurements at ..."

3. The Greek Coins by John H. Kroll (1993)
"Briefly, each vial was subjected to a sequence of three irradiations in the University of Toronto's slowpoke reactor interspersed with four measurements at ..."

4. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
""Well, slowpoke," screamed the engine as he came near the car. "Out o' breath? No wonder. You're not made to go fast like me, for I move by the great power ..."

5. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
""Well, slowpoke," screamed the engine as he came near the car. "Out o' breath? No wonder. You're not made to go fast like me, for I move by the great power ..."

6. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"... an otherwise slowpoke town, into rodeo- central for five days in mid- July. It is Canada's second- largest rodeo (after Calgary), and features ..."

7. Readers' Theater, Grade 1 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Evan-Moor (DST), Martha Cheney, Jill Norris, Marilee Harrald-Pilz (2003)
"... to move someone or something give a lift: offer a ride to somebody slowpoke: somebody who does everything very slowly willing: when you don't mind doing ..."

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