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slart

slart noun: leftover(s), especially of food.

Noun

slart (plural slarts)

  1. (England, US, dialectal) Leftover(s), especially of food.
    • […] they must be able to measure any earth—any inch-space of the heart whatever—else they are mere orts and slarts.1892 [????], The Sewanee Review, volume 63, page 396
    • MINNIE: […] You kept the solid meal, and the orts and slarts any other woman could have. But I tell you, I'm not for having the orts and slarts,* and your leavings […] I'll have a man, or nothing, I will. […] MINNIE: Yes! What did you care about the woman who would have to take your sons after you?...2001 [1913?], David Herbert Lawrence, The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd and Other Plays, →ISBN, page 148,277

Verb

slart (third-person singular simple present slarts, present participle slarting, simple past and past participle slarted)

  1. (England, dialectal, uncommon) To splash or splatter, especially with something dirty.
    • Luke at that dolly! — slarting t' barns wi' t' dish-clart, astead o' gehring wesh'd up,[…]1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and Tales of Common Life, Etc. To which are Added a Copious Glossary; Notices of the Various...
    • Wheer t'much [muck] slarts daan t'winders / We've all on us coil up / We're agait naah wi't cinders / And if t'bum bailiff cums lads / E'll nivver find us / Cos we're right daan in t'coil oil / Wheer t'much slarts daan t'winders. Bob Schofield, Francis, Day & Hunter […]1997, English Dance and Song, volumes 59-60, page 19

Forms of slart

Noun
pluralslarts
Verb
third-person singular presentslarts
present participleslarting
past participleslarted
pastslarted

Origin of slart

Unclear.

Questions about slart

What does slart mean?
Slart means leftover(s), especially of food.
What part of speech is slart?
Slart can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of slart?
The plural of slart is slarts.

Words near slart in the dictionary

  1. slapsticks
  2. slapsticky
  3. slapt
  4. Slapton
  5. slarmied
  6. slart
  7. slarted
  8. slarting
  9. slarts
  10. SLAs
  11. slash

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