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- noun UK, informal A
Sloane Ranger .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Back at Hopkins, in the predawn, the Sloanie in charge of the computers was woken by an alarm that went off when computers died.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Astronomers have always liked to enliven darkened rooms in the middle of the night with quiet, moving light, usually from a fish tank, but an early Sloanie had brought the lava lamp to Apache Point because his wife had given it to him for luck and the observers needed the luck.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Back at Hopkins, in the predawn, the Sloanie in charge of the computers was woken by an alarm that went off when computers died.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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He may have been the only Sloanie to understand the survey end to end; he carried the whole project around in his head.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Astronomers have always liked to enliven darkened rooms in the middle of the night with quiet, moving light, usually from a fish tank, but an early Sloanie had brought the lava lamp to Apache Point because his wife had given it to him for luck and the observers needed the luck.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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He may have been the only Sloanie to understand the survey end to end; he carried the whole project around in his head.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Astronomers have always liked to enliven darkened rooms in the middle of the night with quiet, moving light, usually from a fish tank, but an early Sloanie had brought the lava lamp to Apache Point because his wife had given it to him for luck and the observers needed the luck.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Back at Hopkins, in the predawn, the Sloanie in charge of the computers was woken by an alarm that went off when computers died.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Michael Blanton, a Sloanie at New York University, called it the observing sweet spot; Jim said the need to finish it was an excellent funding tool.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Michael Blanton, a Sloanie at New York University, called it the observing sweet spot; Jim said the need to finish it was an excellent funding tool.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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