ˈslockster Now dial.
[f. slock v.2 + -ster.]
† a. (See quots.) Obs. b. dial. A pilferer.
Cotgrave is prob. the only source of the later quots.
| 1611 Cotgr., Plagiaire,..a stealer, or suborner of mens children, or seruants,..(in which sence we tearme him a Slockster). 1647 Hexham i, A Slockster that by alluring causeth servants to forsake their maisters. 1677 in Miége. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Slocker or Slockster,..one that entices away other Mens Servants; a Kid-napper. |