slyboots
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of slyboots
1690–1700; sly + boots (plural of boot 1 ), used metonymically; cf. boots
Example Sentences
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The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off kilter.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2015
Jessica, the one with the slyboots expression, married a Red, Esmond Romilly, but then, he was a nephew of Sir Winston Churchill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Are you very sure that Antoinette may not be a slyboots?
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Cherbuliez, Victor
Two days after your departure—for it was you, slyboots, who got the affair away from my proprietor—some men came here and rid me of that arrogant old fool and all his belongings.
From The Brotherhood of Consolation by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
We hide things like a slyboots, we'd rather die than breathe a word; we're not even considerate enough to enliven our home by relating what we've seen.'
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
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