Meaning of Slink | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A furtive sneaking motion.
   countable
2. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
   countable, uncountable
3. The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
   countable, uncountable
4. A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. A thievish fellow; a sneak.
   Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His slink became a stride; he held his tail high; his eyes began to look more curious than scared. But he was still cautious.”

“It is an ascertained fact that young or “slink” veal very frequently gives rise to diarrhœa, more especially when that disease is epidemic.”

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