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slances

slances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slance.

Meaning of slance

Verb

slance (third-person singular simple present slances, present participle slancing, simple past and past participle slanced)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To steal; to pinch.
    • Then a knob of margarine had to be slanced out of the kitchen to grease the wheels and bearings.1988, Bill Naughton, Spit Nolan

Questions about slances

What is slances the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slance.

Words near slances in the dictionary

  1. slamwich
  2. slamwiches
  3. slan
  4. slance
  5. slanced
  6. slances
  7. slanchways
  8. slanchwise
  9. slancing
  10. slander
  11. slanderbund

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