Etymology

slotch

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Today it means: An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person. Full definition →

Old Norse slókr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromslókr“lazy fellow”
  2. English todayslotch

Uncertain. Perhaps related to slouch and slug, ultimately from or related to Old Norse slókr (“lazy fellow”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norseslókr all →

slouch

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.