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Definition of Slouchers
1. sloucher [n] - See also: sloucher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slouchers
Literary usage of Slouchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"I like a well-conducted regiment, but these pasty- faced, shifty-eyed, mealy-mouthed
young slouchers from the depot worry me sometimes with their offensive ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1890)
"I like a well-conducted regiment, but these pasty-faced, shifty- eyed, mealy-mouthed
young slouchers from the depot worry me sometimes with their offensive ..."
3. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"I like a well-conducted regiment, but these pasty-faced, shifty-eyed, mealy-mouthed
young slouchers from the depot worry me sometimes with their offensive ..."
4. The Yellow Book (1897)
"It was, then, her earnings that he spent on the slouchers at tavern bars, on the
riff-raft1 of both sexes that haunt street corners ? ..."
5. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"... beating all the packets which sailed in company with her (our packets are
considered no slouchers), though she carried away her bowsprit and main-boom, ..."
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