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slue-footed en · ADJ

Etymology

From slue + footed.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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