sidling
Collocations
3VERB + SIDLING
came
PREP.
through, up
ADV.
gently
Definitions
adj
Alternative spelling of sideling.
adv
Alternative spelling of sideling.
I stepped over the great western gate, and passed very gently, and sidling, through the two principal streets, only in my short waistcoat, for fear of damaging the roofs and eaves of the houses with the skirts of my coat.
noun
The motion of one who sidles.
Starring and shying at straws, with sidlings and plungings.
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3I stepped over the great western gate, and passed very gently, and sidling, through the two principal streets, only in my short waistcoat, for fear of damaging the roofs and eaves of the houses with t
WiktionaryStarring and shying at straws, with sidlings and plungings.
WiktionaryShe was sitting on the sea wall, happily chomping away at her Cornish pasty, when he came sidling up to her.
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