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Sly Dog

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Youʹre a sly dog. “Un finmatois.” A playful way of saying, You pretend to be disinterested, but I can read between the lines.

 

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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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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)
Small
Small-back
Small Beer
Small-endians
Small Hours of the Morning (The)
Smalls
Smart Money
Smash