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 Sleip’nir (2 syl.).Sleuth-Hound. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Slender.
 
A country lout, a booby in love with Anne Page, but of too faint a heart to win so fair a lady. (Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor.)   1
 


 Sleip’nir (2 syl.).Sleuth-Hound. 

 
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