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Definition of Slinkers

1. slinker [n] - See also: slinker

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slinkers

sling slingback slingbacks slinger slingers slinger ring slinging slings slingshot slingshots

sling psychrometer slink slink slinked slinker slinkers slinkier slinkiest slinkily slinkiness

slinkinesses slinking slinks slinky slinter slinters slip slip slip-joint pliers slip-on

Literary usage of Slinkers

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1. Artemus Ward; His Travels by Artemus Ward (1865)
"The editor, Mr. Slinkers, is a polish'd, ... Foi a genteel home thrust, Mr. Slinkers has few ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Slinkers. Cows which, cast their calves. Ches. 34. [The untimely foetus of a cow is in Cheshire known as slink or slink- veal ; and the lowest class of ..."

3. Falstaff: A Lyrical Comedy in Three Actsby Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, William Shakespeare by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, William Shakespeare (1909)
"BAED. Crusher of bed-gear ! QUICK. Rumpler of head-gear ! PIST. Deepest of drinkers ! MES. PAGE Meatiest of slinkers ! CAIUS Robber and brawler ! ..."

4. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"They are never dangerous, are ' slinkers.' Near Nain a few years ago they were passing for three days in swarms, ' like the deer.' They are larger in every ..."

5. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"They are never dangerous, are ' slinkers.' Near Nain a few years ago they were passing for three days in swarms, ' like the deer.' They are larger in every ..."

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