SLUMMOCKY also SLAMMOCKY, SLAWMECKY, SLOMMACHY, SLOMMACKY, SLUMMACKY, SLUMMUCKY ADJ. 1. slovenly, untidy; careless, sloppy ...1855 colloq. & Eng. dial. 2. of a person's body: soft and flabby, out of shape ...1861 colloq. & Eng. dial. 3. ungainly, awkward; characterized by clumsy or careless movement ...1865 colloq. & Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY adj.1) probably from slummock (n. a person who is habitually negligent or lazy with regard to person appearance or household cleanliness) + -y adj. 2 & 3) probably from slummock (vb. to walk or move in a heavy, ungainly, clumsy, or careless manner) + -y FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1855 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Why, Massa, de common slommachy way people ab ob boiling it on de cob; dat she said was only half a way. Oh, Lordy gracious, one way she wented, de corn was as white as snow, as light as puff, and so delicate it disgested itself in de mout..." From: Nature and Human Nature, by the Author of 'Sam Slick, The Clockmaker' - Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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