slinker

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noun

One who slinks.

“P. G. Wodehouse He paws! He's a slinker and a prowler and a leerer. He's a pest and a worm!”

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Meanings

slinker1

nounslinker (plural slinkers)

plural slinkers

  1. One who slinks.

    P. G. Wodehouse He paws! He's a slinker and a prowler and a leerer. He's a pest and a worm!

    1 more example

    The car was a nine-year-old Wolseley, and I called it "The Hard Black Slinker". It went well but not very fast.

    1946, Roald Dahl, The Mildenhall Treasure

Slinker2

proper nounSlinker (plural Slinkers)

plural Slinkers

  1. A surname.

Origin

From slink + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

slinker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slinker

MLA

“slinker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slinker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slinker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slinker.

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