slip - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
slip ~ v. (w. in) pass; pass quickly (Yer wee bit o time shane slips in). slip yin in deliver a quick ‘dig’ (She niver misses a chance tae slip yin in). n. a young pig. slippy slippery. slippy terms (of a deal, contract, etc.) vague terms, not clearly established and defined (usu. neg.: We want the whole thing set oot, for we daenae work on slippy terms - Ba). slippy-tit a slippery customer (Ba). There’s a slippy stane ootside iveryboady’s dorr (see stane).
