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Slipshod

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applied to literature, means a loose, careless style of composition; no more fit for the public eye than a man with his shoes down at heels.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sleight of Hand
Sleipnir
Slender
Sleuth-Hound
Slewed
Slick (Sam)
Slick Off
Sliding Scale
Slip
Slippers
Slipshod
Slipslop
Sloane MSS
Slogan
Slop (Dr.)
Slops (The)
Slopard (Dame)
Slope
Slough of Despond
Slow
Slow Coach