10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLANTENDICULAR»
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Rea
He must put himself [in the Calendarl under the first saint, with a slantendicular
reference to the other. Slap, subs. (old). — 1. Booty ; plunder. c.1790. Kilmainkam
Minit [Ireland Sixtv Years Ago, 87l. And when dat he milled a fat slap, He merrily ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley,
1903
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
He must put himself [in the Calendar] under the first saint, with a slantendicular
reference to the other. Slap, subs. (old). — 1. Booty; plunder. C.1790. Kilmainhatn
Minzt [Ireland Sixty Years Ago, 87]. And when dat he milled a fat slap, He merrily
...
John Stephen Farmer, Henley,
1903
After you 'd lived here forty year, an' seen ev'ry- thin' slantendicular in the wind
the whole 'durin' time, you 'd get so you would n't think much about it. You 'd feel
slantendicular yourself." " I do b'lieve you have grown kind of sideways, Lucy Ann
.
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
After you 'd lived here forty year, an' seen ev'ry- thin' slantendicular in the wind
the whole 'durin' time, you 'd get so you would n't think much about it. You 'd feel
slantendicular yourself." " I do b'lieve you have grown kind of sideways, Lucy Ann
.
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The Uncollected Stories of Mary Wilkins Freeman
After you'd lived here forty year, an' seen ev'rythin' slantendicular in the wind the
whole 'durin' time, you'd get so you wouldn't think much about it. You'd feel
slantendicular yourself." "I do b'lieve you have grown kind of sideways, Lucy Ann.
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Aristocracy in America: From the Sketch-book of a German ...
The resulting motion, therefore, is neither straight forward, nor directly ascending;
but a sort of compromising diagonal, which in the inimitable language of our
people is characteristically called ' slantendicular.' " This is the great historical
origin ...
Francis Joseph Grund,
1839
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The Fabrication of American Literature: Fraudulence and ...
Den I grinn'd slantendicular, den wid one eye, 'Twould have done your soul good
to see de feathers fly. Den I climb'd up de tree, and I wish I may be shot, IfI had'nt [
sic] been grinning at a great pine knot. Although minstrel humor relied on a ...
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pt. II. A short stay in Boston and Philadelphia. pt. III. A ...
The resulting motion, therefore, is neither straight forward, nor directly ascending
; but a sort of compromising diagonal, which in the inimitable language of our
people is characteristically called ' slantendicular.' " This is the great historical ...
Francis Joseph Grund,
1839
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
3 [1900s-30s] to glance at. slantendicular adj. see SLANTINDICULAR adj. slanter
//. (also schlanter, schlenter, shlenter, si in tin (mainly Aus./SAfr.) 1 [late 19C] a
counterfeit coin. 2 [late 19C) a counterfeit object. 3 [late 19C+] a fraudulent trick; ...
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The Radical Women's Press of the 1850's: Radical Women's ...
... sprinkles his handkerchief with cologne, stows away a French roll, an egg and
a cup of coffee, gets into the omnibus; looks slantendicular at thepretty girls, and
makes love between thepauses of business duringtheforenoon generally.
Cherise Kramarae, Ann Russo,
2013
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLANTENDICULAR»
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A look back at Hurricane Andrew: "A stupendous desolation"
Cars putter slowly along the highways, their windshields crushed to webs of rock candy. There are no more roofs or right angles. Life is slantendicular now. «MiamiHerald.com, Aug 12»