slue-foot

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A foot that is large and turned outwards or is otherwise awry. Canada,US
    — 'As the old folks say, it runs in the family - like double-jointed thumbs runs in Sis' Tempy's family, and slue-feet in Tom Jenkins's family.' This raised a smile. Tempy examined her thumbs, and Tom glanced down at his slue-foot with consequence, suddenly recognising them as ancestral trophies.
  2. A person with slue-feet. Canada,US
    — For, up a narrow little path which ran down athwart the face of the palisade came Uncle John Swafford with Robert Samuel on his arm; and behind them followed, grinning, the slew-foot Jim Swafford, with a blanket on his shoulder.
  3. A detective or police officer. Canada,US,slang
    — Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think, until they nail their man.
  4. A dance that had a brief popularity in the mid to late 1950s.
    — Since Fred Astaire introduced it in the movie 'Daddy Longlegs,' the Slue-foot has become the new dance craze of the world.

词形变化

slue-feet plural slew-foot alternative

词汇关系

相关词
splayfoot duck-footed pigeon-toed

词源

From slue + foot.
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