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noun
An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A greedy or sloppy eater; a glutton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A drunkard, sot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
To go about in a lazy, slovenly manner; to slouch, walk heavily, or be slipshod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
To slip or flop due to being too large.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
To eat or drink greedily with a loud noise; to glut; to lap up; to drink to excess; get drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
Uncertain. Perhaps related to slouch and slug, ultimately from or related to Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”).
