slounge

present singular third person slounges · participle present slounging · participle past slounged · past slounged

1. UKarchaicintransitiveTo move in a slouching manner.

   At this he gathered his mutilated limbs to the centre of gravity, and like a genuine coward slounged away, the express image of baseness in ruins.

   1833, John Kennedy, Geordie Chalmers; or, the Law in Glenbuckie, page 165

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   [T]hey pass along the streets of our cities, with the slounging gait, and careless, awkward swagger of men who have no idea that personal carriage forms a subject of the slightest importance.

   1859, Alexander Walker, Hours off and on Sentry, page 171