Meaning of slue-foot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A foot that is large and turned outwards or is otherwise awry.
   Canada, US
2. A person with slue-feet.
   Canada, US
3. A detective or police officer.
   Canada, US, slang
4. A dance that had a brief popularity in the mid to late 1950s.

Examples

“'As the old folks say⟳, it runs in the family - like⟳ double-jointed thumbs runs in Sis' Tempy's family, and slue-feet in Tom Jenkins's family.' This raised a smile⟳. Tempy examined her thumbs, and Tom glanced down at his slue-foot with consequence, suddenly recognising them as ancestral trophies.”

“For, up a narrow little path which ran down athwart the face⟳ of the palisade came Uncle John Swafford with Robert Samuel on his arm; and behind them followed, grinning, the slew-foot Jim Swafford, with a blanket on his shoulder.”

“Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort⟳ of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think⟳, until they nail their man.”

“Since Fred Astaire introduced it in the movie 'Daddy Longlegs,' the Slue-foot has become⟳ the new dance⟳ craze of the world.”

“A new dance⟳ is about to hit Melbourne — the slew foot. "How do you do it?" president Frank South of the Academy of Teachers of Dancing was asked. "Do it?" he said. "You just jump⟳ up and down. IT'S CRAZY!"”

“Already gaining momentum as a national dance⟳ craze is the "Sluefoot" dance⟳ improvised by Astaire to a song of Mercer's.”

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