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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming..
This slyboots took me for a ton of money, made me do whatever she wanted.
But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.
"Oh, you sly-boots!" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"
You're such a slyboots, old cocky. I could kiss you.
Peter: All we gotta do is tell a little white lie. Just go with it. [dials phone] Is this the Grant-a-Dream Foundation? My son Chris is dying! Chris: Holy crap, no! Oh, my God! Peter: That was the lie. Chris: Oh, you slyboots.
Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter.
Use sly boots when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sly boots means (chiefly British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming..
Common synonyms include artful dodger, con artist, operator, rogue.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This slyboots took me for a ton of money, made me do whatever she wanted.
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