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Slape

Slape \Slape\, a. [Icel. sleipr slippery; akin to E. slip.] Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. [Prov. Eng.]

Slape ale, plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]

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slape

a. 1 (context UK dialect English) slippery; smooth 2 (context UK dialect English) crafty; hypocritical

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Slape

Slape is a settlement on the Dravinja River in the Municipality of Majšperk in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.

In 1986 traces of a prehistoric Early Iron Age settlement were discovered in the area.

Slape (Ljubljana)

Slape is a formerly independent settlement in the eastern part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It was part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Usage examples of "slape".

Keene said i slaped her face yesterday and Cele told Keene it was her falt and she hadent aught to have plaged me, and Keene said she dident and Cele said she did and father said you girls shet up when your mother is talking.

I that wonder how you can slape in your bed, when you are so hard on poor folks.

I kin git a little slape, it will be better for me than any midicine, inside or out.

Bill Slape, and Private James had their foxhole in the edge of the village.

Si was counting out the money when he said he bet she was a kicker father said she is kind as a kitten and dont bite or kick dont she Harry and i said she cant kick becaus she always holds up one leg in the stall, and old Si said whats that and i told him how she coodent kick becaus she held up one leg, and then Gimmy and Shep and Charlie Fifield and old Mister Page all laffed and hollered and stamped round and slaped their legs and said that is a good one, and old Si stoped counting his money and swore aufully and father looked auful mad for a minit and then he said she is wirth every cent of 50 dolars and asked Si what he wood give and Si said 15 dolars and they talked and talked and after a while he give father 25 dolars.

Time was lost - and never was time more precious - in convincing Slape that this was no old wife's tale.