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slyboots

noun

Etymology

From sly + boots.

Definitions

  1. A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and…

    A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.

    • But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.
    • "Oh, you sly-boots!" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"
    • You're such a slyboots, old cocky. I could kiss you.

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