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Slouch   /slaʊtʃ/   Listen
noun
Slouch  n.  
1.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
2.
An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. (Colloq.)
Slouch hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.



verb
Slouch  v. t.  To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.



Slouch  v. i.  (past & past part. slouched; pres. part. slouching)  
1.
To droop, as the head.
2.
To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. (Colloq.)





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"Slouch" Quotes from Famous Books



... had ever looked into. And they were hard, cruel eyes, too, with a glint of daring in them. And, as Ned glanced at his figure, he thought he detected a trace of military stiffness—none of the stoop-shouldered slouch that is always the mark of a moulder. The fellow's hands, too, though black and grimy, showed evidences of care under the dirt, and Ned was sure his ...
— Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon - or, The Longest Shots on Record • Victor Appleton
 
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... the discovery of new powers, not only in the slouch whom military drill has transformed into a man, but to labor that has found a new joy, satisfaction and efficiency in its work. The entire activities of the ...
— Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. - A Collection of Speeches and Messages • Calvin Coolidge
 
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... owing to a disappointed sense that the ideal Horse-trainer would not tame in a tall hat. However, he merely appears to introduce Professor NORTON B. SMITH, who, turning out to be a slender, tall man, in a slouch hat, black velveteen coat, breeches, and riding boots, ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892 • Various
 
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... from this recess a sturdy form in dusty blue blouse, the sleeves of which were decorated with chevrons in far-faded yellow. Under the shabby slouch hat a round, sun-blistered, freckled face, bristling with a week-old beard, peered forth at the staff official with an expression half of languid tolerance, half of mild irritation. In most perfunctory fashion ...
— Foes in Ambush • Charles King
 
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... field and at the head of his troops, a glimpse of Lee was an inspiration. His figure was as distinctive as that of Napoleon. The black slouch hat, the cavalry boots, the dark cape, the plain gray coat without an ornament but the three stars on the collar, the calm, victorious face, the splendid, manly figure on the gray war horse,—he looked every ...
— Public Speaking • Irvah Lester Winter
 
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