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Slow

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Stupid, dull. A “quick boy” is one who is sharp and active. Awfully slow, slang for very stupid and dull

 

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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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Slippers
Slipshod
Slipslop
Sloane MSS
Slogan
Slop (Dr.)
Slops (The)
Slopard (Dame)
Slope
Slough of Despond
Slow
Slow Coach
Slubber-Degullion
Slug-abed (A)
Slumland
Slums
Sly (Christopher)
Sly-Boots
Sly Dog
Sly as a Fox
Slyme (Chevy)

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