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noun

Slipper n.

One who, or that which, slips.

A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

(Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; also called shoe, and gib.

Slipper animalcule (Zool.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium.

Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort.

Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zool.), a boat shell.

adjective

Slipper adj. Slippery. (Obs.) "O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope Of mortal men."

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"Slipper" Quotes from Famous Books

... Opp leaned forward and viewed her slipper with interest. He had recognized the make! It was xxx-aa. He had carried a sample exactly like it, and had been wont to call enthusiastic attention to the curve of the instep and the set of the heel. He now realized that the effect ...

— Mr. Opp • Alice Hegan Rice

... see Lucy with much greater distinctness in this vision than in his former pleasing one. For a moment she was miraculously real before him, every line and colour of her. He saw the moonlight shimmering in the chiffon of her skirts brightest on her crossed knee and the tip of her slipper; saw the blue curve of the characteristic shadow behind her, as she leaned back against the white step; saw the watery twinkling of sequins in the gauze wrap over her white shoulders as she moved, and the faint, symmetrical lights in her black hair—and ...

— The Magnificent Ambersons • Booth Tarkington

... grumbling?" finishes Mrs Gunning. "'Tis as plain as the nose on your face. Elizabeth's is the best chance, and if she makes her match my Lord Coventry will kiss your slipper, Maria. The Duchess's sister can ...

— The Ladies - A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty • E. Barrington

... family sat at breakfast—Mrs. Tidger with knees wide apart and the youngest Tidger nestling in the valley of print-dress which lay between, and Mr. Tidger bearing on one moleskin knee a small copy of himself in a red flannel frock and a slipper. The larger Tidger children took the solids of their breakfast up and down the stone-flagged court outside, coming in occasionally to gulp draughts of very weak tea from a gallipot or two which stood on the table, and to wheedle Mr. ...

— Lady of the Barge and Others, Entire Collection • W.W. Jacobs

... She bent, tore a satin shoe from her foot, and slapped it down on the table in challenge to all to equal it—a small, silver-buckled thing of Paddington's make, with a smart red heel and a slender body, slim as the crystal slipper of romance. ...

— The Maid-At-Arms • Robert W. Chambers

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