slounge, v. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 7– slunge, 9 sloonge.
[Cf. lounge v.]
intr. To move, or hang about, in a lazy or slouching manner.
The n. slounge or slunge, a slouching fellow, idler, etc., is also current: see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
| c 1680 F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in Poems Sempills (1849) 54 The morn I ventur'd up the Wynd, And slung'd in at the Nether-bow. 1788 James Macaulay Poems 131 (E.D.D.), Thou lazy, slounging, donart sot. 1808 J. Stagg Misc. Poems 143 Ye'd luok but silly slouches,..heame wi' empty pouches, To slounge this day. 1808 in Jamieson. c 1860– in dialect glossaries, etc. (N. Irel., Yks.). |