Date:  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 22:45:00 -0400

From:  Al Futrell <awfutr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HOMER.LOUISVILLE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Terminology of unexcused absences



On Tue, 19 Sep 1995, Tom Uharriet wrote:



> Outside of Utah, which states use sluff, sluffed, sluffing, or sluffs?

>

I have heard sloughing off ever since I can remember, but then maybe I

have been hanging with too many gamblers....and it was often a matter of

sloughing off a class to imbibe in some sport.