slubber
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of slubber
First recorded in 1520–30, slubber is from the Low German word slubbern to do work carelessly
Example Sentences
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Yet all the faults are defects of execution, not of conception, and though they tend to slubber the texture of the film, they do not impair its intensity and radiance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The intermediate frame comes between the slubbing and roving frames and is of similar construction to the slubber, but has a larger number of spindles and smaller tubes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
While the rescued Kwaque continued to moan and slubber thankfulness at his feet, he proceeded to strip them that were naked.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack
Only it grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber, and great albatrosses, gray with storm-battling of the Horn, wheel and veer.
From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack
The slubber never spoke, but glanced at his wife, who stood glaring at him.
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood
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