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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a shifty deceptive person [syn: dodger, fox, slyboots]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural but singular in construction Date: circa 1700 a sly tricky person; especially one who is cunning or mischievous in an engaging way

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. a sly person.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slyboots Sly"boots`, n. A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person. Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. --Goldsmith.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Colloq.) Rogue, artful fellow, sly dog, waggish person.