Dictionary entry

Slipshod

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Slip″shod′ (?), a. 1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

The shivering urchin bending as he goes,

With slipshod heels. Cowper.

2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.

Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. Shak.