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slut-cover en · NOUN

Etymology

From slut + cover.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of cover-slut (“apron, pinafore”).
    alt of cover-slut
    • The soldier is not unfrequently destitute of portions of his uniform, or his regimental coat and continuations are in such hopeless rags, that even in the sultry summer the slate-coloured great-coat is worn as a hide-all and slut-cover, like the begrimed blanket of a Mexican lépero. Clumsy gaiters, ill-buttoned and discoloured, descend over shoes which, in one case out of three, are broken in pieces, disclosing to view the naked toes of the men—such in Spain are the glories of the vida military! 1845, Terence MacMahon Hughes, Revelations of Spain in 1845, page 326:

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