[noun] [C] [plural] slyboots [informal] - a person who avoids letting other people know what he or she is thinking or intending to do or has doneYou old slyboots! Why didn't you tell us about your new girlfriend? [as form of address]
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Meaning of SLYBOOTS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012