What does slab-sided mean?

slab-sided

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Frequency: 3.36 in modern English

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American usage; Archaic; Colloquial

""Oh! Cousin Clarence," he exclaimed, "there is a Yankee peddler here; the longest, lathiest, queerest slab-sided being you ever saw in all your life.""

more slab-sided (comparative) most slab-sided (superlative)

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