Sclaffer
' ; sklaffir (Jam.), [skla'far.] 1.
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' ; sklaffir (Jam.), [skla'far.] 1. v. To strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface ; to throw down flat. Bnff.' See Sclaff. 2. To walk in a clumsy way without lifting the feet properly; to shuffle along.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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