slab-sided en · ADJ
Meanings
- having flat sides
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(US, archaic, colloquial) tall, or long and lank
"Oh! Cousin Clarence," he exclaimed, "there is a Yankee peddler here; the longest, lathiest, queerest slab-sided being you ever saw in all your life."
1859, James Hungerford, The Old Plantation: And what I Gathered There in an Autumn Month:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more slab-sided | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most slab-sided | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |