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noun
Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Acronym of Short Little Ugly Fat Fellow (or Fucker), US Airforce nickname for the A-7 bomber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
Qualifier: Air Force
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verb
Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
ignore, shrug (off)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Alternative spelling of slough (discard).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
to avoid working
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To play truant from (school).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: Utah; Idaho; Utah; Idaho
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History
From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)).
