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n.
See 1895 and 1964 quotes.
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1895
sloven, n. A low truck wagon. 1895 e. Canada N.B. N.S. Newfoundland 1934. . . .
1941
Grinding on the cobblestones behind a pair of plunging Clydesdales came one of Halifax's most typical vehicles, a low-swung dray with a high driver's box, known as a sloven.
1956
With the ebb we'll be sitting on the bottom of the harbour & the Market Slip will have so little water that slovens will be out in the center of it, loading & unloading.
1964
As evening approached the horses were hitched to a long, low wagon, known in our country as a "sloven," and the apples were hauled to the house.