Sloper

Ladies, start by making a muslin aka a Sloper of your torso.

Pattern Grading - A Dress A Day 2008

But Mr. Shackford was ashamed to leave little Dick a burden upon the hands of a poor woman of no relationship whatever to the child; so little Dick was transferred to that dejected house which has already been described, and was then known as the Sloper house.

The Stillwater Tragedy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

Her husband works for BP, an oil company, up on the North Slope, and is called a Sloper, you know.

Media Blog 2008

GFWD -- A "Sloper" is someone who lives in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, Ian's adopted hometown when he's not in Venice Beach.

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Sometimes Alice Grosjean, the youngest of Aunt M. 's family, familiarly known as "Sloper," was there.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932

But exactly because "Sloper" was stolen from Micawber, for that very reason the new generation feels as if

Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens 1905

"We can't be more 'n four hundred miles from the Yukon," concluded Sloper, multiplying his thumb nails by the scale of the map.

In a Far Country 2010

"Then we 'll consider it all arranged," concluded Sloper.

In a Far Country 2010

In her adaptation of Washington Square, she remains true to Henry James' vision but presents Catherine Sloper (Jennifer Jason Leigh) not as a victim of a charming schemer (Ben Chaplin) or a vindictive revenge seeker.

Dan Lybarger: The Ruins Were My Playground: Agneiszka Holland on In Darkness Dan Lybarger 2012

Jacques Baptiste paused by the side of Sloper to get a last glimpse of the cabin.

In a Far Country 2010