| Like pond scum |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Oily, viscous (5) |
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| In a cunning way, I'm obsequious (5) |
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| Like seaweed or raw octopus |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Obsequiously servile (5) |
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| Like a snail's trail |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Like sludge and slugs |
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| Wet and dirty, in a way? |
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| Thin, young and repulsive (5) |
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| Slick and oozy, like a snail's trail |
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| Disreputable |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Like slugs, typically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 May 2024 |
| I'm sly perhaps and slippery (5) |
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| Like a snail's trail |
USA Today |
03 May 2024 |
| Like the mucus covering of bream (5) |
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| Covered in slippery goo |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2024 |
| In being cunning, I'm seemingly servile |
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| Description of the Stuarts in Horrible Histories (5) |
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| Scumlike |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Like goo |
Universal |
17 Jun 2023 |
| Slick, like a snail's trail |
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| Goo-covered |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Like yamaimo |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Like slugs |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Like snails and slugs |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Repulsively obsequious |
The Times Concise |
10 May 2021 |
| Like snails' trails |
New York Times |
09 May 2021 |
| Disreputable |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Disreputable |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Like a frog |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Like natto |
USA Today |
27 May 2020 |
| Like snails |
Universal |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Morally reprehensible |
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| Morally reprehensible |
New York Times |
01 Nov 2019 |
| Covered with ooze |
Universal |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Gooey, like sticky substances secreted by snails |
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| Disgustingly obsequious |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Not to be trusted |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Like someone slugged? |
Universal |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Disgustingly obsequious |
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| Like someone slugged? |
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| Covered with ooze |
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| Like a snail trail |
Universal |
27 Jun 2017 |
| Not at all trustworthy |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2017 |
| Not at all trustworthy |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2017 |
| Like slugs |
The Washington Post |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Like slugs |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Sycophantic one superior to maiden in cunning |
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| Not at all trustworthy |
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| Like a snail trail |
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| Like slugs |
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| Goo-covered |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Like a snail's trail |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Thin youth, primarily sluggish? |
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| Unethical, informally |
New York Times |
27 May 2015 |
| Not to be trusted |
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| Viscous |
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| Unethical, informally |
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| Morally reprehensible |
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| Like snakes, in many people's imaginations (but not really) |
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| Like snails' trails |
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| Vile |
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| Disreputable |
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| Like guck |
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| Like a slug's trail |
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| Like sludge |
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| Like guck |
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| Vile, as a villain |
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| Covered with thick, icky liquid |
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| Like some mold |
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| Covered with thick, icky liquid |
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| Hard to hold, in a way |
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| Like a slug |
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| Disgustingly dishonest |
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| Vile |
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| Like a snail trail |
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| Like a slug's trail |
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| Viscous |
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| Disreputable |
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| Disreputable |
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| Gunk-covered |
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| Ooze-covered |
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| Unctuous |
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| Like a snail's trail |
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| Vile |
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| Like a snail's trail |
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| Vile |
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| Like a snail's trail |
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| Slug-like |
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| Mired in muck |
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| Beneath contempt |
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| Despicable |
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| Viscous |
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| Despicable |
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| Scuzzballesque |
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| Offensively vile |
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| Covered with viscous mud |
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| Like algae |
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| Repulsive |
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| Slick and nasty |
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| Viscous |
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| Repulsive |
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| Slippery with mud. |
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| Soft and sticky. |
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| Foul. |
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| Covered with mud. |
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| Glutinous. |
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