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slew-footed

slew-footed is the alternative spelling of slue-footed.

Meaning of slue-footed

Adjective

slue-footed (comparative more slue-footed, superlative most slue-footed)

  1. (Canada, US) Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.
    • Why, look at Wiliam now - the first time he axed me to marry him I thought to myself, 'You're slue-footed an' slack-kneed an' addle-headed, an' I wouldn't many you for a million!'1911 December 8, The Golden Gate, Fremantle, page 9, column 5

Forms of slew-footed

comparativemore slew-footed
superlativemost slew-footed

Questions about slew-footed

What is slew-footed the alternative spelling of?
Slew-footed is the alternative spelling of slue-footed.

Words near slew-footed in the dictionary

  1. slew
  2. slew rate
  3. slew someone in the Spirit
  4. slew-feet
  5. slew-foot
  6. slew-footed
  7. Slewa
  8. slewed
  9. slewest
  10. slewing
  11. slewrate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slew-footed (page history and authors); slue-footed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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