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/slab"suy'did/, adj. Informal.1. having the sides long and flat, like slabs.2. tall and lank.[1810-20]
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slab-sided — [slab′sīd′id] adj. Informal 1. flat sided 2. tall and slender; lank … English World dictionary
Slab-sided — Slab sid ed, a. Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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slab-sided — adjective Date: 1817 having flat sides; also being tall or long and lank … New Collegiate Dictionary
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slab — sided … Dictionary of ichthyology
slab-sid|ed — «SLAB SY dihd», adjective. 1. having long, flat sides: »a slab sided, fourteen story block still at the skeletal stage (Manchester Guardian). 2. Informal. tall and lank: »long legged, slab sided, lean, sunburnt … lads (Henry Kingsley) … Useful english dictionary
slab — noun (C) 1 a thick flat four sided piece of a hard material such as stone: The patio was made of stone slabs. 2 a slab of cake/chocolate etc a large flat piece of cake etc 3 on the slab slang lying dead in a hospital or mortuary … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
