sloper
[ sloh-per ]
noun
a person or thing that slopes.
Tailoring. a basic pattern developed on paper by drafting or in cloth by draping, but with seam allowances omitted, used as a tool to create other patterns.
Origin of sloper
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How to use sloper in a sentence
The edifice in which the Slopers lived and its neighbours were then thought to embody the last results of architectural science.
Fifth Avenue | Arthur Bartlett MauriceThe Miss Slopers had been but two in number, and both of them had married early in life.
Washington Square | Henry JamesThe Slopers have come to their cottage on Q Street, and come to stay.
Their Pilgrimage | Charles Dudley Warner
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