Thin, almost worn through.
1820. I can foresee the time when our fine twilled linen shall be as much superior to the bleach-rotted linen imported, or the sleazy humhum, as they are to a cobweb.—Mass. Spy, Jan. 5.
1839. [Dudley Marvin, of the bar of Western New York], was ingenious in twistifying the statements of the opposing witnesses, and covering up the sleazy spots in his own woof of testimony.—Havana (N.Y.) Republican, Sept. 11.
1856. It ’s slazy, though, ther ain’t much heft to ’t.—Whitcher, ‘The Widow Bedott Papers,’ No. 11.
1894. “I’d rather stick to this old sleazy mou’nin’ for Tom” (she gave a dramatic pluck at her faded black skirt) “than flaunt round in white muslins and China silks at ten dollars a yard, paid for by his murderer.”—F. Bret Harte, ‘Col. Starbottle’s Client.’
