2. Verb. To behave lazily or indolently ¹
3. Verb. To behave awkwardly or clumsily ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slummock
1. to move awkwardly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slummock
Literary usage of Slummock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"Impudence, cheek (S.). ' I '11 ha' none o' your slack !' —SW slummock, slummock.
A slattern. ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... which up till that time had been distinct — it was a marvel to see how in his
condition he could talk dialect — began to slur and slide and slummock. ..."
3. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography by Don Carlos Seitz (1919)
"Until he'd got a smashin' dose of peppermint an' syrup, For sez he, 'I've got an
awful pain an' si akin' in my slummock, O!' "Meanwhile, the Yankee boys put ..."
4. Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling (1893)
"... speech which up till that time had been distinct—it was a marvel to see how
in his condition he could talk dialect—began to slur and slide and slummock. ..."
5. Letter-book of Gabriel Harvey, A.D. 1573-1580 by Gabriel Harvey, Edward John Long Scott (1884)
"In sum he semid to charg you esspecially with over mutch slummock. Notwithstanding
he swore unto me that he for his part would nether now nor at ani time ..."
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