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ADJECTIVES 4. squandering, spendthrift (Scottish and dialect) 5. changing, uncertain, fleeting (obsolete) also SLEDERY, SLIDDERIE, SLIDERI, SLIDRI, SLIDRIE, SLIDD'RY, SLIDDRY, SLYDDRY, SLYDERY, SLYDRYE, CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from slidder (vb.) from Old English slid(e)rian, = Middle Dutch slid(e)ren, slidderen, Low German sliddern, German schlittern, a frequentative from slĭd-, the weak grade of slīdan slide (vb.) EXAMPLE From: The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy By Allan Ramsay, Volume II, 1808 Appendix 5. Original Poems on the Natural Scenary of The Gentle Shepherd Peggy's Myll, Below the Carline's Loupis P. 717
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