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SLIPPERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slippered mean? 

SLIPPERED (adjective)
  The adjective SLIPPERED has 1 sense:

1. shod with slippersplay

  Familiarity information: SLIPPERED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLIPPERED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shod with slippers

Similar:

shod; shodden; shoed (wearing footgear)


 Context examples 


He had lit his pipe and held his slippered feet to the cheerful blaze of the fire.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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