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slather
[ slath-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to spread or apply thickly:
to slather butter on toast.
- to spread something thickly on (usually followed by with ):
to slather toast with butter.
- to spend or use lavishly.
noun
- Often slathers. a generous amount:
slathers of money.
slather
/ ˈslæðə /
noun
- informal.usually plural a large quantity
- open slather slang.a situation in which there are no restrictions; free-for-all
verb
- to squander or waste
- to spread thickly or lavishly
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slather1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slather1
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Idioms and Phrases
- open slather, Australian. complete freedom.
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Example Sentences
I slather my body in Swedish Beauty Black Diamond cream with “Tingle Tanning Power.”
Your young fellers can do nothing except slather a hose round the decks and ask for higher wages.
No, sir, there aint sech a slather of folks up here to mix in with, by any count.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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