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- adjective
superlative form ofslangy : mostslangy .
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Examples
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Whereupon Natalie took pains to confide to anyone who would listen to her that she thought Lola Elster the rudest, slangiest person she had ever had the misfortune to meet.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore Pauline Lester
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And of all the gifts that Flo Dearmore received from others but the man of her choice, that parrot pleased her most, "For," said she, "he is the slangiest bird imaginable, and sometimes he uses swear words -- just like my Tommy."
William Adolphus Turnpike William Banks
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"Then, to quote my slangiest pupil again -- good-_night_!" and Nelson went away cheerfully to greet several of the young men of the town grouped on the other side of the wharf.
The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long
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Then he becomes Jeromeky-jeromistically eloquent on the subject of fleas, throws in such lucid expressions as "chin music," "gives him biff," "his craft is thusly," and, altogether, proves himself and his fellow-explorer to be a couple of the slangiest and most foolish greenhorns who ever put pen to any sort of paper.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 14, 1891 Various
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Mr. Goldstein, who put together his first such series in 1988, said that highlights this week include "Call Her Savage" (1932) on Sunday and Monday, with Clara Bow and a dog in a notorious scene, and "Blessed Event" (1932) on Wednesday, in which Lee Tracy, as a newspaper columnist, gives what Mr. Goldstein called "the fastest, slangiest performance of the era."
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