Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short and ill-formed horn of an animal of the ox kind, turned downward, and appearing to have been stunted in its growth.
- noun Same as
slogan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective An erroneous form of the Scotch word
slughorne , orsloggorne , meaningslogan .
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Examples
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And the fancy made him smile - of Childe Roland bearing a slug-horn to his lips with an arm as feeble as his was.
THE RED ONE 2010
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And yet Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, And blew.
The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004
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Childe Roland with his slug-horn blew defiance, to the airy structures evolved by the wonderful lamp of Aladdin.
A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
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Then he struggled up, and as he stood straight he reached down to his waist and clutched the little slug-horn of moon-metal that his father had given him.
Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944
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Tears were in the eyes of both when Ato took the slug-horn from his father.
Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944
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Then Ato gave the signal, standing lean and tall in the control room, with a tight belt about his narrow waist, and Wolden's slug-horn fastened securely to it.
Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944
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Not so the Greek Childe Roland who set the slug-horn to his lips and blew a challenge.
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And the fancy made him smile - of Childe Roland bearing a slug-horn to his lips with an arm as feeble as his was.
The Red One 1918
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Like Childe Roland, dauntless the slug-horn to his lips he bore.
Pinched 1907
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Roland, dauntless the slug-horn to his lips he bore.
"Pinched" 1907
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