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What is a sloper?

What is a sloper? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (informal) Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is verticle or horizontal.
  2. A climbing hold that has a smooth surface and sloping shape, making it difficult to hold.
  3. (textiles) A custom-fitted basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be created.
  4. (textiles, obsolete) An assistant or apprentice cutter.
  5. (obsolete) Members of the peerage who have fallen from wealth but maintain social contacts.
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Mr. sloper is married again, not much to Nanny's, or anybody's satisfaction.
The story is set among the wealthy classes of late nineteenth century New York and titular character is Catherine Sloper, who will one day inherit a large fortune.
Often you will find yourself doing unlikely things such as crimping a sloper or open-handing a severely incut small edge.
The particular sloper house is quite easy of identification.
There has been heavy traffic on Leckwith Road in the past couple of weeks after the authority decided to change the sequence of the traffic lights at the Sloper Road junction.
Funny Folks is regarded as the first true British comic, and Ally Sloper of Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday was our first comic-strip hero.

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