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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SLIPPY, adj. Slippery (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 138). Gen.Sc. Now only dial. in Eng. Also fig. Hence slippiness, n., the state of being slippery, slipperiness.Edb. 1772 Edb. Ev. Courant (22 Jan.):
Many have met with several bruises by the slippiness of the streets.Sc. 1812 W. Angus Eng. Grammar 332:
The road is slippy, or sliddery.Sc. 1821 Scott Kenilworth xvii.:
She leaned on him somewhat more than the slippiness of the way necessarily demanded.Sc. 1827 Scott Journal (1894) II. 13:
I had one or two falls among the slippy heather.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 82:
Slippy is the grup When plain folks dicht their nebs an' try to flee like leddies up.Fif. 1939 St Andrews Cit. (26 Aug.) 10:
We found the stones rather slippy.Abd. 1960 Abd. Ev. Express (26 Dec.):
The hill was sae slippy we had tae tak' tae the ditches.
