sluff v.
(US) to avoid or shirk one’s responsibilities or work.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Davenport Democrat and Leader (IA) 28 May 32/2–3: Then I jazzed a whirl with a cake-eater on parole but sluffed him for a fluky corn-shredder with a flat tire. | |
| ‘Gila Monster Route’, in Hobo 195: [They] deprived themselves of their daily bread, / And sluffed the coin for dago-red. | |
| (ref. to 1868) Amer. Madam (1981) 56: Charlie had enjoyed a lot of girls during the war, and whisky and looting, sluffing off duty. | |
| letter 22 May in Charters I (1995) 315: I know your life in many respects better than Allen does ... not sluffing Allen. | |
| ‘Gator Sl.’ AS XXXIV:2 156: Those who don’t study, goof off, sluff it all, or pit finals. |
In compounds
(US campus) a course that requires little work, a course for which one does little work.
| Current Sl. III–IV (Cumulation Issue). |