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sloomit

adjectivequality

Sly, secretive and deceitful behavior

Secretive and deceitful; behaving in a crafty, underhand way.

Example in use

Da man's sloomit, aye he bides his thochts.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/SLOO-mit/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentinsult

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