2. Noun. The act of spreading thickly. ¹
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Definition of Slathering
1. slather [v] - See also: slather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slathering
Literary usage of Slathering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"He (the postman) coom slathering along, as though he'd half an hour to spare."
SNIB, va var. pron. of " snub." " Them fox-terriers takes a deal of ..."
2. The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton: Based Chiefly Upon Original Family by Allan McLane Hamilton (1910)
"l\ in contrast to the new slathering in the twentieth •-•..:%. are evident in
the New York newspapers of the day. 1 ":ijn »»e\ were even often stopped H> ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... longing for one's kindred which steals over us after we have passed the boundary
of middle life, slathering strength year by year, until with the au^'d ..."
4. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"I always get off a slathering drive, and I've learned just the angle to pitch my
second so that it will roll off the hill to the green. ..."
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