slubberdegullion
(ˌslʌbədɪˈgʌljən)
[f. slubber v., with fanciful addition; cf. slabberdegullion.]
A slobbering or dirty fellow; a worthless sloven.
| a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Custom of Country i. ii, Yes they are knit; but must this slubberdegullion Have her maiden⁓head now? 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Laugh & be fat Wks. ii. 78 Contaminous, pestiferous,..slubberdegullions. 1663 Butler Hud. i. iii. 886 Although thou hast deserv'd, Base Slubberdegullion, to be serv'd As thou did'st vow to deal with me. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Slubberdegullion, a slovenly, dirty, nasty Fellow. [Hence in later Dicts.] 1866 G. W. Thornbury Greatheart III. 92 Do you take us for green hands, you sluberdegullion? 1891 Ford Thistledown xvi, This slubberdegullion o' a maister. 1905 R. Garnett Shaks. 55 Aroint thee,..vagabond, wretch, base Slubberdegullion! |