adj. (colloquial).—Careless; slovenly. [That is ‘slipper-shod.’] Also SLIP-ALONG, SLIP-SLOP.

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  1605.  SHAKESPEARE, King Lear, i. 5. Thy wit shall ne’er go SLIPSHOD.

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  1818.  SCOTT, The Heart of Mid-lothian, i. A sort of appendix to the half bound, and SLIP-SHOD volumes of the circulating library.

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  1849.  MAITLAND, The Reformation in England, 559. It would be less worth while to read Fox’s SLIP-ALONG stories.

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  1885.  Daily Telegraph, 29 Aug. Stilted phraseology is preferable to SLIP-SHOD.

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