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SYNONYMS FOR slowpoke
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Examples from the Web for slowpoke
But I hope old Slowpoke Langer and his dray come along before that.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High|Leslie W. Quirk“Well, slowpoke,” screamed the engine as he came near the car.
Here and Now Story Book|Lucy Sprague Mitchell
British Dictionary definitions for slowpoke
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Word Origin and History for slowpoke
slowpoke
also slow poke, 1848, American English from slow (adj.) + poke (n.3), the name of a device, like a yoke with a pole, attached to domestic animals such as pigs and sheep to keep them from escaping enclosures. Bartlett (1859) calls it "a woman's word."
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