slinker

noun

slinker

noun

Etymology From slink + -er.

1

One who slinks.

  • P. G. Wodehouse He paws! He's a slinker and a prowler and a leerer. He's a pest and a worm!
  • The car was a nine-year-old Wolseley, and I called it "The Hard Black Slinker". It went well but not very fast.1946, Roald Dahl, The Mildenhall Treasure:

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