Crossword clues for sloper
sloper
Wiktionary
n. 1 A climbing hold that has a smooth surface and sloping shape, making it difficult to hold. 2 (context textiles English) A custom-fitted basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be created. 3 (context dated English) (rfdef: English)
Wikipedia
Sloper may refer to
- Ally Sloper, early comic strip character
- BSA Sloper, British motorcycle
- Lindsay Sloper (1826–1887), English pianist
- Robert Sloper (1729–1802), British general
- Sloper pattern, see pattern (sewing)
- A type of climbing hold, see Glossary of climbing terms
Usage examples of "sloper".
Neither Garp nor Helen could ever have imagined Jillsy Sloper, the offspring of a white person and a quadroonwhich made Jillsy an octoroon, or one eighth Negro.
A hobgoblin in the image of Punch Costello, hipshot, crookbacked, hydrocephalic, prognathic with receding forehead and Ally Sloper nose, tumbles in somersaults through the gathering darkness.
Lady Sloper, who, reasonably early on, gave me permission to call her Marjorie, was a small, bright-eyed woman, who made good use of the champagne and was licking her fingers after a particularly succulent samosa when she spotted another Judge.
Leaving Sloper in mid-sentence, he hurried away with Ron and Hermione, unrolling the parchment as he went.