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  • verb Present participle of sluff.

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Examples

  • Yesterday, and into last night, the sound of snow sluffing and sliding free of rooftops punctuated the sound of rain.

    William S. Burroughs greygirlbeast 2008

  • I have major problems with the war and I don't buy sluffing it off, however, I would like to address your 2 elements concerning your vote.

    Obama Campaign Has Raised Over $4 Million -- Since Polls Closed Yesterday! 2009

  • I found a pair at Dunnes that were good sluffing around in shoes, except they came in 6s and 7s and the 6s were Too Small and the 7s were Too Big.

    shopping and shoeses 2007

  • I thought I should get some spiffy walking shoes and then a less spiffy pair for sluffing around in.

    shopping and shoeses 2007

  • "I would start to feel like I was sluffing off, selling out, getting lazy, going commercial."

    The Glen Park neighborhood: Small-town San Francisco at its best 2009

  • Weather: Mild Autumn days -- those gorgeous leaves are steadily sluffing off.

    Archive 2005-10-09 Michael Evans 2005

  • Weather: Mild Autumn days -- those gorgeous leaves are steadily sluffing off.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005

  • Fortunately his native skill could carry him through a little scholastic sluffing off, but he was really going to have to hit the books when he returned-if he returned-if he wanted to go into the Fall term with passing grades in his summer make-up courses.

    Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • "Well, if the confusion from our planet is any indication, they must be overheating their computer circuits for a print-out on their own colonial program," Kate suggested, sluffing off her own disappointment with wry humor.

    Decision at Doona McCaffrey, Anne 1969

  • I often watched him, for I suspected him of 'sluffing,' but no! He always had a bigger drink than every one else, always drank whisky, always drank it neat, and always had a chaser of water after.

    The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance 1916

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