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slater

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

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Australia
#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

Origin: From , equivalent to. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “📢 Two rounds remain before the first State of Origin teams are named, and Maroons coach Billy Slater has a fullback dilemma.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “breaching Humpback Whale 📷: Slater Moore Photography”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “sorry did you just call christian slater sam rockwell in the alt text”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Sharon Slater and Henk Jan van Schothorst are the foreign architects behind #Ghana's family values conference. Sign this to expose their devious roles! #LGBT #HumanRights #Africa action.allout.org/en/m/66d06f5...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.

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  • “Inside Supercars’ Chevrolet aero test at Queensland Raceway https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/413080/ Perry Kapper and Geoff Slater, technical directors for Supercars and Team 18 respectively. Image: InSyde Media As revealed…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “it is apparently elissa slater from big brother”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Jakarta, Indonesia © Neil Slater 2026 #photography #streetphotography #jakarta #jakartastreet #streetphotographyindonesia”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(Scotland, Australia, New Zealand) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus and allied genera; a woodlouse.

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  • “Nigel Slater, in “Eating for England”, says the French cook with their minds, the Italians with their hearts, and the English with their wallets.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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