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slattern

[ slat-ern ]

noun

  1. a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
  2. a slut; harlot.


slattern

/ ˈslætən /

noun

  1. a slovenly woman or girl; slut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈslatternly, adjective
  • ˈslatternliness, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slattern1

First recorded in 1630–40; perhaps akin to dial. slatter to splash, spill < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slattern1

C17: probably from slattering, from dialect slatter to slop; perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse sletta to slap
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Example Sentences

It is true that Nanny was a slattern, but only because she married into slavery.

The easy human slattern way would be to sink beneath the burden.

"I would like to see Mr. Good," said Judith to the round-shouldered slattern who answered the bell.

From day to day she sank nearer to the level of that abject, shameless creature whose dress drags in the gutter—a dirty slattern.

I took a sort of hate against her, she was such a slattern and so inquisitive.

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