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We hide things like a slyboots, we'd rather die than breathe a word; we're not even considerate enough to enliven our home by relating what we've seen She turned to the priest, and looked him full in the face Yes, you take that to yourself.

—La faute de l'Abbe Mouret

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plural noun Informal A sly person.

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We hide things like a slyboots, we'd rather die than breathe a word; we're not even considerate enough to enliven our home by relating what we've seen She turned to the priest, and looked him full in the face Yes, you take that to yourself. — La faute de l'Abbe Mouret
We're square BELLA: (Admiringly) You're such a slyboots, old cocky. — Ulysses
"Two days after your departure--for it was you, slyboots, who got the affair away from my proprietor--some men came here and rid me of that arrogant old fool and all his belongings. — The Brotherhood of Consolation
Oh, you slyboots! "says the Countess. — The Virginians
The slyboots! she won't answer! — Monsieur, Madame, and Bebe — Complete