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Mar 31, 2026
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slummock

slummock
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slummock

PRONUNCIATION:
(SLUM-uhk)

MEANING:
verb intr.: To idle or loaf.

ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1877.

USAGE:
“Cashmere socks. Literally nothing is more cosy while slummocking on the sofa with your hardback books.”
Debora Robertson; Your Ultimate Festive Checklist; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Dec 5, 2020.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
But at my back I always hear / Time's winged chariot hurrying near; / And yonder all before us lie / Deserts of vast eternity. -Andrew Marvell, poet (31 Mar 1621-1678)

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