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sling the hatchet

English

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Verb

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sling the hatchet (third-person singular simple present slings the hatchet, present participle slinging the hatchet, simple past and past participle slung the hatchet)

  1. (nautical, slang, obsolete) To skulk about, not getting work done.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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