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slewed p ppl Cp EDD slew 8 slewed a 'twisted.' Bent; crooked; at an angle.
   [1894-1927] 1960 BURKE (ed White) 7 "Mrs Brookin's Cat": And her nose was slewed all crooked, / Dodging boot-jacks in the night. [1946] 1976 Evening Telegram 12 Jan, p. 6 With the tide down so much, and the vessel all slewed and down by the head [as a result of running her stern on a rock] she was taking water in through a dozen places. P 148-62 That house is slewed.

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