slantindicular

A breach is made -- the pastry parapet is thrown at the foot of the half-demolished citadel; spoons are not at hand, the knife plunges into the abyss, the fork follows -- 'tis a chicken pie -- pillage ensues; all the white meat is captured, the dish is raised on high, from the horizontal it is turned to the "slantindicular," and the citadel is deluged in the shower.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

Suddenly our boat fell backward from her "slantindicular" position with a jerk, and the mate immediately shouted, "Haul line, there! look lively, now, you -- so on, etcetera, etcetera" (he seemed to invent new epithets on every occasion).

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

"slantindicular," till lurching up against the fountain as he passed it, he stumbled over its ledge, and fell with a splash into the middle of its basin.

Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Bracebridge Hemyng 1871

Certain words used by George St. George are part of the backwoods culture of Davy Crockett, and come from the nineteenth century. absquatulate depart, run away exflunct exhaust, beat thoroughly obflisticated bewildered, confused ramsquaddle demolish ripstavera first-rate person or thing slantindicular in a slanting direction

The Runaway Asteroid Michael D. Cooper

"What good will money be to him if he's stood up against one o 'them dough walls and shot at by a lot of slantindicular-eyed heathen?"

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

a row of poplars in the distance insisted on taking that direction which our transatlantic brothers call "slantindicular?"

Henry Dunbar A Novel 1875

"The elevators inside this rock can move in just about any direction except slantindicular.

The Runaway Asteroid Michael D. Cooper