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Definition of Slush around

1. Verb. Spill or splash copiously or clumsily. "Slosh paint all over the walls"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slush Around

Literary usage of Slush around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In & Around the Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona by George Wharton James (1908)
"... waiting until the slush around them settled somewhat. In the mean time John and myself slipped off all our nether garments and jumped into the yielding ..."

2. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"In such cases the stuff is likely to slop and slush around in the beaters an unreasonable length of time, which always makes the stuff slippery and slow. ..."

3. Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine by Douglas William Jerrold (1847)
"Little black boats, cast about in all directions, were lying like dead things upon their sides in the black beds of mud and sandy slush around them. ..."

4. Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine by Douglas William Jerrold, John Leech (1847)
"... were lying like dead things upon their sides in the black beds of mud and sandy slush around them. With much difficulty, and after many inquiries, ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Gas Institute by American Gas Institute (1914)
"... and it is much better to have pipes frozen up all the time rather than to have the reaction going on. When we slush around during the spring thaw ..."

6. Sheep Husbandry: A Work Prepared for the Farmers of Tennessee by Joseph Buckner Killebrew (1880)
"... any more mud or slush around the building than is possible, and the floor, whether of the earth or of plank, must be strewed with straw for bedding. ..."

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