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slate-colored junco | slate-gray | slate-grey | slater | slatey | slather | slating | slatt | slatter | slattern | slatternliness

slather

 : 
Noun, Verb (transitive)
 : 
slath=er

OXFORD DICTIONARY

slather, n. & v.
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) US colloq. a large amount.
2 (often open slather) Austral. & NZ sl. unrestricted scope for action.
--v.tr. US colloq.
1 spread thickly.
2 squander.

Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

slather

bedaub, besmear, blow, butter, coat, dab, daub, dissipate, enamel, gamble away, gild, gloss, go through, gobs, hang the expense, heap, lacquer, lavish, lay on, loads, million, oodles, prime, quantities, run through, scatter, seize the day, slap on, smear, smear on, sow broadcast, spread on, spread with, squander, tar, throw away, throw money around, undercoat, wads

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