slue-footed

adjective

Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.

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Meanings

adjectiveslue-footed (comparative more slue-footed, superlative most slue-footed)

comparative more slue-footed · superlative most slue-footed · alternative slew-footed

  1. CanadaUSHaving feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.

    Why, look at Wiliam now - the first time he axed me to marry him I thought to myself, 'You're slue-footed an' slack-kneed an' addle-headed, an' I wouldn't many you for a million!'

    1911 December 8, The Golden Gate, Fremantle, page 9, column 5
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    The jing-jingle of the swaggering officers in their smart uniforms, once white, but now a sun-baked cream colour, the sing song gait of the slew-footed plantation worker as he goes about his work, all add to the picture of the Isle of Romance, Martinique[.]

    1924 January 4, The Critic, Hobart, page 3, column 7

Origin

From slue + footed.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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