slip, shonky, ebbing away, Diluting Island’s Support. Unmown grass at the site has already grown knee high.

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"Somewhere far away amidst glitter and noise multitudes of people thrilled, suffered and rejoiced, without one thought of us and our existence which was ebbing away."
--from FAMILY HAPPINESS (1859)


Alma Schindler reported that he 'would take them to the theatre or races, always slipped them a banknote'." Alma Schindler herself - later Alma Mahler, and subsequently the lover of Oskar Kokoschka and the wife of the architect Walter Gropius - was one of Klimt's failed conquests.

He pursued her to Italy in 1899, where she was on holiday with her family. He kissed her in a Genoese hotel room, embraced her on a bridge in Venice while they looked into the dark waters of the canal, but she, though wildly in love, was firm ("not without a ring on my finger").

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shonky

ˈʃɒŋki/

AUSTRALIAN/NZinformal

adjective

1. 1.

   dishonest, unreliable, or illegal, especially in a devious way.

   
   

   "shonky political goings-on"

noun

1. 1.

   a person engaged in suspect business activities.

   
   

   "we need to rid the building industry of these shonkies quickly"

slip1

VERBslipped, slipping, slips

[NO OBJECT]

• 1Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

  ‘I slipped over on the ice’

  ‘he kept slipping in the mud’

  1. 1.1with adverbial of direction (of an object) accidentally slide or move out of position or from someone's grasp.
     ‘the envelope slipped through Luke's fingers’

     ‘a wisp of hair had slipped down over her face’
  2. 1.2 Fail to grip or make proper contact with a surface.
     ‘the front wheels began to slip’
• 2with adverbial of direction Go or move quietly or quickly, without attracting notice.

  ‘we slipped out by a back door’

  1. 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Put (something) in a particular place or position quietly, quickly, or stealthily.
     ‘she slipped the map into her pocket’

     with two objects ‘I slipped him a tenner to keep quiet’
  2. 2.2slip into/out ofPut on or take off (a garment) quickly and easily.
     ‘Sarah slipped into a red jacket’
• 3Pass or change to a lower, worse, or different condition, typically in a gradual or imperceptible way.

  ‘many people feel standards have slipped’

  with complement ‘the bank's shares slipped 1.5p to 227p’

  1. 3.1be slippinginformal Be behaving in a way that is not up to one's usual level of performance.
     ‘you're slipping, Doyle—you need a holiday’
• 4with object Escape or get loose from (a means of restraint)

  ‘the giant balloon slipped its moorings’

  1. 4.1 (of a thought or fact) fail to be remembered by (one's mind or memory); elude (one's notice)
     ‘a beautiful woman's address was never likely to slip his mind’
  2. 4.2 Release (an animal, typically a hunting dog) from restraint.
     ‘they slipped the hounds, the hare racing for the side of the hill’
  3. 4.3Knitting Move (a stitch) to the other needle without knitting it.
     ‘slip the next twelve stitches on to a stitch holder’
  4. 4.4 Release (the clutch of a motor vehicle) slightly or for a moment.
     ‘I gunned the engine, slipping the clutch slightly’
  5. 4.5 Disengage (a ship's anchor) when leaving a port in haste.
     ‘they slipped their cables rather than stay to weigh anchor’
  6. 4.6 (of an animal) produce (dead young) prematurely; abort.
     ‘if you twist a mare's back too sharply it can slip foal’

  
  
  

  NOUNplural slips

  • 1An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

    ‘a single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside’

    1. 1.1mass noun Relative movement of an object or surface and a solid surface in contact with it.
    2. 1.2 A reduction in the movement of a pulley or other mechanism due to slipping of the belt, rope, etc.
    3. 1.3 A sideways movement of an aircraft in flight, typically downwards towards the centre of curvature of a turn.
       ‘the slip is used to get rid of excess height’

       mass noun ‘the effects of slight slip on turns’
    4. 1.4Geology mass noun The extent of relative horizontal displacement of corresponding points on either side of a fault plane.
       as modifier ‘a slip plane’
  • 2A fall to a lower level or standard.

    ‘a continued slip in house prices’

    1. 2.1 A minor or careless mistake.
       ‘the judge made a slip in his summing up’
  • 3A loose-fitting garment, typically a short petticoat.

    ‘a silk slip’

    as modifier ‘a slip dress’
  • 4Cricket 
    A fielding position (often one of two or more in an arc) close behind the batsman on the off side, for catching balls edged by the batsman.

    ‘he was caught in the slips for 32’

    ‘King is at first slip’

    1. 4.1 A fielder at slip.
  • 5

    ‘he brought his steamer to the yard for overhaul at his old employer's slip’

    short for slipway
  • 6usually slipsA leash which enables a dog to be released quickly.

    ‘Tommy bolted off like a greyhound released from the slips’
  • 7Knitting 

    ‘one colour at a time should be knitted in striped slip’

    short for slip stitch

  Phrases

  • give someone the slip
  • informal Evade or escape from someone.
    ‘we gave them the slip at the station’
  • let something slip
  • 1Reveal something inadvertently in the course of a conversation.
    with clause ‘Clive had let slip he was married’
  • 2Release a hound from the leash so as to begin the chase.
    ‘let slip the dogs of war’
  • let something slip through one's fingers (or grasp)
  • Lose hold or possession of something.
    ‘I let the money slip through my fingers’

    figurative ‘Edward was determined not to let Scotland slip from his grasp’

    ‘he had let the Open title slip through his grasp’
  • slip of the pen (or the tongue)
  • A minor mistake in writing (or speech).
  • there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
  • proverb Many things can go wrong between the start of a project and its completion; nothing is certain until it has happened.

  Phrasal Verbs

  • slip away
  • 1Depart without saying goodbye; leave quietly or surreptitiously.
    1. 1.1Slowly disappear; recede or dwindle.
       ‘his ability to concentrate is slipping away’
    2. 1.2Die peacefully (used euphemistically)
       ‘he lay there and quietly slipped away’
  • 2(of time) elapse.
    ‘the night was slipping away’
  • slip something in
  • Insert a remark smoothly or adroitly into a conversation.
    ‘she slipped in a question about the length of time he'd been working on the assignment’
  • slip out
  • (of a remark) be uttered inadvertently.
    ‘the question slipped out before I'd considered the wisdom of it’
  • slip up
  • Make a careless error.
    ‘they often slipped up when it came to spelling’

  Origin

  Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly and softly’): probably from Middle Low German slippen (verb); compare with slippery.

  Pronunciation

  slip

  /slɪp/

  
  

  
  
  

  Main definitions of slip in English

  : slip1slip2slip3

   
   
   

  slip2

  NOUNplural slips

  • 1A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

    ‘his monthly salary slip’

    ‘complete the tear-off slip below’

    1. 1.1Printing A printer's proof on a long piece of paper; a galley proof.
    2. 1.2 A long, narrow strip of a thin material such as wood.
  • 2A cutting taken from a plant for grafting or planting; a scion.

  Phrases

  • a slip of a —
  • Used to denote a small, slim person.
    ‘you are little more than a slip of a girl’

  Origin

  Late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German slippe ‘cut, strip’.

  Pronunciation

  slip

  /slɪp/

  
  
  

  Main definitions of slip in English

  : slip1slip2slip3

   
   
   

  slip3

  NOUNplural slips

  mass noun

  • A creamy mixture of clay, water, and typically a pigment of some kind, used especially for decorating earthenware.

  Origin

  Mid 17th century: of obscure origin; compare with Norwegian slip(a) ‘slime’.