slue-footed

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From slue +‎ footed.

Adjective

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

  1. (Canada, US) Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.
    • 1911 December 8, The Golden Gate, Fremantle, page 9, column 5:
      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!'
    • 1924 January 4, The Critic, Hobart, page 3, column 7:
      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[.]
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