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  • Both were too gaudy, too slangey, too odorous of cigars, and too much given to horseflesh; the latter characteristic being exemplified in the room by its decorations, and in the men by their conversation.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • Both were too gaudy, too slangey, too odorous of cigars, and too much given to horseflesh; the latter characteristic being exemplified in the room by its decorations, and in the men by their conversation.

    Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

  • Dirty-shirted, sloggering, baggy-breeched, slangey-gaitered fellows, with the word 'gin' indelibly imprinted on their faces.

    Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

  • 46 Mary Fairbanks gamely spoofed herself in her reply: “Evidently…you are a stranger in these parts, and are not familiar with my idiosyncrasies, else your first greeting would not have been so familiar or so slangey.”

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • 46 Mary Fairbanks gamely spoofed herself in her reply: “Evidently…you are a stranger in these parts, and are not familiar with my idiosyncrasies, else your first greeting would not have been so familiar or so slangey.”

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

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