slink away

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slink away

to creep or slither away furtively. The fox slunk away, leaving the henhouse as quietly as such a thing is possible. I hope that the skunk will slink away as quietly as it came.

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The only bad news about the treatment handed out to the members of Bristol's Hanham Athletic FC is that they were allowed to slink away in their thongs and thigh-high outfits without further charge. Don't get into bad habits by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) I await the 2007-8 figures with relish and I certainly don't think we should slink away from the 2008-9 ones in disgrace. Reports of demise greatly exaggerated by The Journal (Newcastle, England) They do it in less obvious places too, of course, where they can slink away unnoticed, but somehow it seems worse at supermarkets because it is so public that it demonstrates such an incredibly blatant disregard for other people. Shame those awful drivers; STEVE HUGHES rounds up the week's motoring ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			slick down slick up slide slide along slide around slide by slide down slide down from slide into slide out of slide over slightly slightly rattled slim slim chance slim down sling sling at Sling hook! sling mud at sling out sling the cat slings and arrows slink slink around slink away slink in slink off slink out slip slip a Mickey slip around slip away slip back slip between the cracks slip by slip down slip five slip from slip in slip into slip mind slip of the tongue slip off slip on slip out slip over slip over on slip past slip through slip through fingers			slings hook slings hook slings hook slings hook slings off slings off slings off slings off slings plates slings plates slings plates slings plates slingshot slingshot Slingshot bikini Slingshot Community Enterprise and Employment Centre Slingshot effect Slingshot suplex slingshots slingshots slingshotted slingshotted slingshotting slingshotting slink slink slink slink Slink (Debian) slink around slink away slink calves slink in slink off slink out slinked slinked Slinkee Slinkey Slinki Slinkie slinkier slinkiest slinkily slinkiness slinking slinking slinking slinkingly slinkingly slinkingly Slinko, Mikhail Slinko, Mikhail Gavrilovich slinks slinks slinks slinks slinkweed slinky slinter SLIO

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