Sloanie, n. (and a.) slang.
(ˈsləʊnɪ)
[f. Sloane Ranger n. + -ie.]
A Sloane Ranger. Also attrib. or as adj.
| 1982 Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 153/1 ‘A Sloanie has a pony’ is..ingrained in the Sloane mind. 1985 Observer 22 Sept. 2/5 Another batch of Sloanies cashed in. 1986 Listener 5 June 35/4 She has to be literally beaten by her mother into marrying Cary Elwes—Guilford—who resembles a low-grade Sloanie with a taste for whores and bad liquor. 1989 Independent 3 July 3/5 Jeremy Taylor, one-time organiser of the Gatecrashers' Ball—a Sloanie teenage rave—was behind the party. |