dodger, fox, slyboots
(noun) a shifty deceptive person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slyboots (plural slyboots)
(chiefly, British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
• artful dodger, con artist, operator, rogue
Source: Wiktionary
Sly"boots`, n.
Definition: A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person. Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 May 2025
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
