Meaning of slue-footed | Babel Free

Definitions

Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.

Canada, US

Examples

“Why, look at Wiliam now - the first time he axed me to marry him I thought to myself, 'You're slue-footed an' slack-kneed an' addle-headed, an' I wouldn't many you for a million!'”

“The jing-jingle of the swaggering officers in their smart uniforms, once white, but now a sun-baked cream colour, the sing song gait of the slew-footed plantation worker as he goes about his work, all add to the picture of the Isle of Romance, Martinique[.]”

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