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slue-footed

slue-footed adjective: having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.

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
    • The jing-jingle of the swaggering officers in their smart uniforms, once white, but now a sun-baked cream colour, the sing song gait of the slew-footed plantation worker as he goes about his work, all add to the picture of the Isle of Romance, Martinique[.]1924 January 4, The Critic, Hobart, page 3, column 7

Forms of slue-footed

comparativemore slue-footed
superlativemost slue-footed
alternative formslew-footed

Origin of slue-footed

From slue + footed.

Questions about slue-footed

What does slue-footed mean?
Slue-footed means having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.
What part of speech is slue-footed?
Slue-footed is an adjective.

Words near slue-footed in the dictionary

  1. sludging out
  2. sludgy
  3. slue
  4. slue-feet
  5. slue-foot
  6. slue-footed
  7. slued
  8. slueing
  9. slues
  10. SLUF
  11. sluff

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