noun
slyboots
Slyboots (noun) means a clever or crafty person, particularly one who acts secretively and manipulatively yet is nonetheless quite likeable.
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A clever or crafty person, particularly one who acts secretively and manipulatively yet is nonetheless quite likeable.
"You're such a slyboots, old cocky. I could kiss you."
— James Joyce, [Episode 15] (1922)
"Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter."
— Hendrik Hertzberg, That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes (2015)
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Etymology
Formed from sly and boots.
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What is the meaning of slyboots?
"slyboots" (noun) means a clever or crafty person, particularly one who acts secretively and manipulatively yet is nonetheless quite likeable.
What is another word for slyboots?
Other words for "slyboots" include operator, dodger, fox, rogue.
