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- noun Plural form of
slouch . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
slouch .
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Examples
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A U.S. soldier slouches from the gunner's turret of his Humvee holding his head after an improvised explosive device hit the vehicle in March during a patrol in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of southern Baghdad.
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That said, I notice that the Plimoth Plantation shows the Pilgrims praying in this manner, and they're not exactly known as slouches in the research department.
Philocrites: History Channel's engrossing Pilgrim docudrama. 2006
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Many of the drivers are very communicative on the subjects of their profession, and not a few tell some good stories of "slouches," "bums," and "beats," the names given to those gentlemen whose principal object in this world is to sponge upon poor humanity to as great an extent as the latter will permit.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862
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No surprise here, particularly under Harper's do-nothing approach, that we're one of the world's biggest 'slouches' when it comes to protecting the environment:
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And he isn't taking fights with "slouches" or "cans" to ensure that he remains atop the title contender totem pole.
UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com Penny Buffington 2008
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The question is: What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Beijing to be born?
Pepe Escobar: The Myth of “Isolated” Iran Pepe Escobar 2012
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The question is: What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Beijing to be born?
Pepe Escobar: The Myth of “Isolated” Iran Pepe Escobar 2012
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She gallumphs when she walks, slouches deeply into cushions when she sits, and is as droopy and loose-limbed as a scarecrow when she stands still.
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She slouches, where normally her head and shoulders are consciously squared up to the world.
Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011
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The question is: What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Beijing to be born?
Pepe Escobar: The Myth of “Isolated” Iran Pepe Escobar 2012
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