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slyboots

[ slahy-boots ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. an engagingly sly or mischievous person.


slyboots

/ ˈslaɪˌbuːts /

plural noun

  1. functioning as singular a person who is sly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slyboots1

1690–1700; sly + boots (plural of boot 1 ), used metonymically; boots
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Example Sentences

If Slyboots had eaten tit-bits in moderation, he might be sitting on the poker to this day.

And I hope you will next introduce a grandson to me, young slyboots.

"A clever person like yourself can easily correct that" (she, the slyboots, was thinking of something else).

It was to this seat that Slyboots elevated himself by his own choice, and became the Kitchen Crow.

He became a member of the family, and received the name of Slyboots, for reasons with which it is unnecessary to trouble you.

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