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sloe
[ sloh ]
noun
- the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- the shrub itself.
- any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, P. alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
sloe
/ sləʊ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sloe1
before 900; Middle English slo, Old English slā ( h ); cognate with German Schlehe, Dutch slee
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sloe1
Old English slāh; related to Old High German slēha, Middle Dutch sleuuwe
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Example Sentences
But hold your tongue for a while, and cast your eye along the valley, and watch the mist gathering on the furze and sloe trees.
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Thus, at half-past ten, we find her officers drinking the toast of Deutschland unter Alles in sloe-gin.
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Slender as a young willow, supple as an ash, eyes like the berries of the sloe-thorn.
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The last red roseleaf had fluttered silently down; the last purple sloe had fallen from its sapless stem.
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I looked, and sure enough he held it in his hand; and then I understood the flash of irony in the sloe-black eyes of him.
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