Slab-sided

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    having flat sides
  2. 2
    tall, or long and lank US, archaic, colloquial

    ""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.""

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""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.""

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