Synonyms for slowpoke
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sloh-pohk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsloʊˌpoʊk |
Définition of slowpoke
Origin :- also slow poke, 1848, American English from slow (adj.) + poke (n.3), the name of a device, like a yoke with a pole, attached to domestic animals such as pigs and sheep to keep them from escaping enclosures. Bartlett (1859) calls it "a woman's word."
- noun laggard
- “Well, slowpoke,” screamed the engine as he came near the car.
- Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
- But I hope old Slowpoke Langer and his dray come along before that.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
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