Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
sleep . Slept.
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Examples
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Ah juss fell in the ditch an 'slep' there till daylight an 'got mud all through ma hair ....
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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Ah juss fell in the ditch an 'slep' there till daylight an 'got mud all through ma hair ....
Three Soldiers 1921
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He kep 'his door locked when he was out of the main cabin an' slep 'on 'em nights.
A Man to His Mate Stockton [Illustrator] Mulford 1906
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"I wandered aroun 'fer a spell lak a los' kitten; finally, I stumbled into de lines, an 'I crep' unner a gun-carriage an 'slep' thar 'tel mornin'."
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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When I traveled the outports in my youth, 'says he,' I sold liquor for green paint an 'slep' with the constable; an 'the socks o' the outport fishermen, Tumm, 'says he,' holds many a half-dollar I coined in my
Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893
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This method he followed in saying santus for sanctus, and scriserunt for scripserunt, just as in vulgar English one now and then hears "slep" and "kep" for the more difficult "slept" and "kept."
The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892
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"An 'he wuz so tired he fell asleep an' slep 'all night," said Shif'less
The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890
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Pawnees, and hunted together, an 'slep' together when out on the tramp.
The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Archibald Webb 1859
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a sailor, an 'slep' for two nights in a windy old tree not a hundred yards from his own comfortable bed, imaginin 'he was what he called on the foretop somethin'.
The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898
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"We camped there an 'slep' for two days without wakin. '
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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