Slabby

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a liquid: thick; viscous.

    "The Pope in sending Relicks to Princes, does as Wenches do by their Wassels at New-years-tide, they present you with a Cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff; but the meaning is, you must give them Moneys, ten times more than it is worth."

  2. 2
    Composed of slabs; resembling a slab or slabs; inelegant, cumbersome, clunky.

    "Then he set up another shop an’ hired some of us ’round here to go an’ make them big, slabby art-chairs."

  3. 3
    Of a surface: sloppy, slimy.

    "When waggiſh Boys the ſtunted Beeſom ply, / To rid the ſlabby Pavement; paſs not by / E’er thou haſt held their Hands; ſome heedleſs Flirt / Will over-ſpread thy Calves with ſpatt’ring Dirt."

  4. 4
    Characterized by smooth relatively low-angle rock face or slab that lacks significant vertical features.
  5. 5
    Rainy, wet. (of weather)

    "1581, John Studley (translator), Hercules Oetaeus, Act I, in Seneca his Tenne Tragedies, Translated into Englysh, London: Thomas Marsh, To Virgo, Leo turnes the time, and in a reaking sweate. He buskling vp his burning Mane, doth dry the dropping south. And swallowes vp the slabby cloudes in fyry foming mouth."

Noun
  1. 1
    A worker who deals with timber in the form of slabs. New-Zealand, informal

    "The employer shall supply the sawyer and tailer-out at breast bench, workers operating goose-saws, and slabbies with suitable leather aprons for use while so employed. When requested by the worker a suitable apron shall be supplied to timber stackers, lorry drivers, and machinists."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From slab (“mud, sludge”) + -y.

Etymology 2

From slab (“solid object that is large and flat”) + -y.

Etymology 3

From slab (“solid object that is large and flat”) + -y.

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