a calf produced before its time. Var. Dial.
·adj Thin; lean. II. Slink ·noun A thievish fellow; a sneak. III. Slink ·adj Produced prematurely;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A sneaking fellow. I despise a slink--Chron. of Pineville, p. 139. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.