"slyboots" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slyboots [plural]
Etymology: sly + boots Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sly|boots}} sly + boots Head templates: {{en-noun|slyboots}} slyboots (plural slyboots)
  1. (chiefly British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming. Tags: British Categories (topical): People Synonyms: artful dodger, con artist, operator, rogue, sly-boot, sly-boots, slyboot Translations (Translations): chattemite [dated, feminine] (French), Schlawiner [masculine] (German), Schlitzohr [masculine] (German), katacho (Ido), gattamorta [feminine] (Italian), и́трец (ítrec) [masculine] (Macedonian)

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