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
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
