slocum (n), slowcome, slocums, slowcomes
slowcome n When I was a boy they had a name on all those people, (that they used to call the slocums. An' there was always a contention between the Herring Neck people an' the slowcums. They were _ they were the slowcums down there. (see EDD _slowcome_. Here it is a general pejoraitve for...
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| Summary: | slowcome n When I was a boy they had a name on all those people, (that they used to call the slocums. An' there was always a contention between the Herring Neck people an' the slowcums. They were _ they were the slowcums down there. (see EDD _slowcome_. Here it is a general pejoraitve for those not living in Herring Neck itself- a piece of blason populaire) Yes DNE-cit Used I Used I 2 Used I slocum, leggy, rounder |
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