Definitions
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- adj. slippery; smooth
- adj. crafty; hypocritical
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Slippery; smooth; hence, crafty; hypocritical.
Etymologies
Examples
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Faith, it's mighty little slape any of ye will get, once you're ashore.
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There'll be mighty little slape this night for any of us. '
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And I've larned that goose to slape in it, so I have, and an awful job it was, too.
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Larry an 'mesilf, we'll slape in the kitchen, an' it's hopin 'I am you'll kape that shoinin', too.
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I'll lift the bag for ye, me darlint, an 'I'll pit clane sheets on Bridget's bed, and ye're welcome to slape there as long as ye like; for the Blessed Mother knows it's powerful tired ye're lookin', it is.
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"Bad luck till 'em," grumbled the other, "jumpin 'aboord a gentleman's boat like that, and turnin' iverything topsy-turvy, so that ye don't know where ye kin foind a place to slape at all."
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There's clane sthraw in the barn, an 'I'll slape there till mornin'. '
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On another occasion, at Wentworth House, the gardener cautioned her: 'Be careful, miss, it's slape' (using a provincial form for 'slippery'), while she was descending a sloping piece of turf, where the ground was wet.
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_Pat: _ "Shure, and what good is it to me now whin oive me new job av night watchman an 'slape in the day toimes?"
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"Kape quiet, will ye, and let the poor lamb slape!"
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