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slab-sided
[ slab-sahy-did ]
adjective
, Informal.
- having the sides long and flat, like slabs.
- tall and lank.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slab-sided1
First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences
They got those three strappin' louts that's all flat-footed or slab-sided or cross-eyed or somethin', and no good for the army.
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While this was gratifying on certain lines, it made art look little and slab-sided.
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Then all said good-bye to my hospitality save one slab-sided, tusky old boar—and he planned a campaign.
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Ben was a lanky, slab-sided Texan who'd come up north on a drive ten years before and liked the Arizona climate and stayed.
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Has that lank-sparred, slab-sided, herring-gutted friend of yours played you false?
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