slab-sided

[ slab-sahy-did ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. having the sides long and flat, like slabs.
2. tall and lank.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slab-sided¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

They got those three strappin' louts that's all flat-footed or slab-sided or cross-eyed or somethin', and no good for the army.

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While this was gratifying on certain lines, it made art look little and slab-sided.

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Then all said good-bye to my hospitality save one slab-sided, tusky old boar—and he planned a campaign.

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Ben was a lanky, slab-sided Texan who'd come up north on a drive ten years before and liked the Arizona climate and stayed.

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Has that lank-sparred, slab-sided, herring-gutted friend of yours played you false?

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