slung ... over ... shoulder• Sweating, he took off his anorak and carried it slung over his shoulder.• The older men have blankets loosely slung over their shoulders.• They had torches, heavyweaponsslung over their shoulders.• Tucking it into one of the saddlebags, he looked up to see Mariana with one Greenerslung over her shoulders.• He wore one bandoleer slung over his shoulder and carried a Greener.• I picked up my pack, slung it over my shoulder and crossed the little bridge over the burn.• The ubiquitoussentries, riflesslung over their shoulders, stretched and yawned.• Usual stuff ... down the pub with it slung over the shoulder to show off - hero of the moment.
in a sling• She had her arm in a sling for months.• It was usually felt that the chap with his arm in a sling had an ulteriormotive.• But for a year on and off, I carried my arm in a sling.• Wearing darkglasses, with one arm in a sling, she seemed disoriented and distanced from events.• A fifthcustomer, a young man with baby in sling, wanders in.• Carefully, I disguise my computerin a sling.• She carries her in a sling on her back.• He placed the hook in the worn pocket and stood in a sling.
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(1200-1300) Probably from Old Norseslyngva“to throw violently”