Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
slogan . - noun A short and ill-formed horn of an animal of the ox kind, turned downward, and appearing to have been stunted in its growth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective An erroneous form of the Scotch word
slughorne , orsloggorne , meaningslogan .
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Examples
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And the fancy made him smile - of Childe Roland bearing a slug-horn to his lips with an arm as feeble as his was.
THE RED ONE 2010
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And yet Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, And blew.
The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004
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Childe Roland with his slug-horn blew defiance, to the airy structures evolved by the wonderful lamp of Aladdin.
A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
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Then he struggled up, and as he stood straight he reached down to his waist and clutched the little slug-horn of moon-metal that his father had given him.
Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944
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Tears were in the eyes of both when Ato took the slug-horn from his father.
Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944
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Then Ato gave the signal, standing lean and tall in the control room, with a tight belt about his narrow waist, and Wolden's slug-horn fastened securely to it.
Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944
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Not so the Greek Childe Roland who set the slug-horn to his lips and blew a challenge.
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And the fancy made him smile - of Childe Roland bearing a slug-horn to his lips with an arm as feeble as his was.
The Red One 1918
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Like Childe Roland, dauntless the slug-horn to his lips he bore.
Pinched 1907
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Roland, dauntless the slug-horn to his lips he bore.
"Pinched" 1907
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