sly-bootsn.

Forms: Also slyboot(s, sly-boot.

Etymology: < sly adj. + boots n.¹ 3.

colloquial.

A sly, cunning, or crafty person; one who does things on the sly. Frequently in mild or jocular use, and usually in plural form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > cunning person

foxc1000

yepea1250

slies1297

wily-man1393

wilyc1400

sneck-drawer1402

piea1425

wily-piec1450

artificera1500

tod?a1513

Sim Subtlea1529

serpentinea1533

prata1542

wily beguile1550

wily-wat?1550

elfa1556

dog fox1609

saccularian1652

sly-cap1681

sly-boots1699

craftsmaster1717

scunge1824

sleeveen1834

chickaleary1869

sneck-draw1886

rusée1889

slypuss1942

plural.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sly-boots, a seeming Silly, but subtil Fellow.

1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man ii. 15 Look, look!—look o' Sly-boots! What she knows nothing of the matter!

1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 28 That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. ii. 43 Had there been any body to watch the venerable sly-boots.

1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 49 But, Ithel, you are a slyboots too; pretending to read for the law!

in extended use.1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 17 Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots.1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xxi ‘Oh, but the sun is an old sly-boots’, she answered.singular.?1730 J. Swift Dan Jackson's Reply in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 256 I much suspect you mean the latter, Ah sly-boot!1810 Splendid Follies I. 97 Yes you do,..you young slyboot, only you won't understand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sly-boots
释义	sly-bootsn. Forms: Also slyboot(s, sly-boot. Etymology: < sly adj. + boots n.¹ 3. colloquial. A sly, cunning, or crafty person; one who does things on the sly. Frequently in mild or jocular use, and usually in plural form. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > cunning person foxc1000 yepea1250 slies1297 wily-man1393 wilyc1400 sneck-drawer1402 piea1425 wily-piec1450 artificera1500 tod?a1513 Sim Subtlea1529 serpentinea1533 prata1542 wily beguile1550 wily-wat?1550 elfa1556 dog fox1609 saccularian1652 sly-cap1681 sly-boots1699 craftsmaster1717 scunge1824 sleeveen1834 chickaleary1869 sneck-draw1886 rusée1889 slypuss1942 plural. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sly-boots, a seeming Silly, but subtil Fellow. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man ii. 15 Look, look!—look o' Sly-boots! What she knows nothing of the matter! 1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 28 That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. ii. 43 Had there been any body to watch the venerable sly-boots. 1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 49 But, Ithel, you are a slyboots too; pretending to read for the law! in extended use.1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 17 Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots.1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xxi ‘Oh, but the sun is an old sly-boots’, she answered.singular.?1730 J. Swift Dan Jackson's Reply in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 256 I much suspect you mean the latter, Ah sly-boot!1810 Splendid Follies I. 97 Yes you do,..you young slyboot, only you won't understand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1699
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