Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of the pickerel, Esox lucius, in Maine and Canada. This fish is found from Alaska to the Ohio river in America, and in northern parts of Asia and Europe. See cut at pike.

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Examples

  • All my trolls slinker off to their oddball activities when bombarded with facts, anyway.

    Think Progress » Obama’s second TSA nominee backs out. 2010

  • Onlookers used to the swagger of pre-Red Millbrook days hardly recognised the dimmed round-shouldered slinker as the wolf of the tracks, the sexual predator that had set alarmed mothers scurrying protectively after their chicks.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • That would mean either making conversation with Miss Thornhill in the drawing room or slinking off to hide in a room where she was not — and he had never been a slinker.

    No Man's Mistress Balogh, Mary 2001

  • Onlookers used to the swagger of pre-Red Millbrook days hardly recognised the dimmed round-shouldered slinker as the wolf of the tracks, the sexual predator that had set alarmed mothers scurrying protectively after their chicks.

    Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998

  • Again the head slinker chattered away and Cautious strained to make sense of his words.

    The Time of the Transference Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

  • "The slinker nervous system is an extraordinarily well-developed telepathic transceiver," Erannath said.

    The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • "The slinker nervous system is an extraordinarily well-developed telepathic transceiver," Erannath said.

    The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • But I forced myself to move slowly, dart gun ready, watching for any slinker that came within range.

    Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

  • Devine, the tender husband, the kind father, became a mere slinker, a haunter of tap-rooms, a weed.

    The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary James Runciman 1871

  • From the wah-wah wails of slinker "Little Rodney" to the triumphant string ensemble fueling "Palm the Joker," Ali sticks close to soulful beats pumped into the mix by Atmosphere's Anthony Davis.

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