slattern

slat·tern (sl

rn)

An untidy, dirty woman.

[Perhaps from dialectal slattering, slovenly, present participle of dialectal slatter, to slop.]

slattern [ˈslætən]

a slovenly woman or girl; slut

[probably from slattering, from dialect slatter to slop; perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse sletta to slap]

slatternly adj

slatternliness n

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Noun	1.	slattern - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets floozie, floozy, hustler, street girl, streetwalker, hooker bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
	2.	slattern - a dirty untidy woman slovenly woman, slut, trollop slob, sloven, slovenly person, pig - a coarse obnoxious person

Translations

slattern [ˈslætən] N → mujer f dejada, mujer f sucia, pazpuerca f

slattern

n → Schlampe f

slattern [ˈslætən] n (old) (pej) → sciattona

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blowzy cocotte Drabber Drabble-tail Draggle-tail floozie floozy lady of pleasure Mawk Mawks Slatternliness slatternly slovenly person slovenly woman slut sluttishness sporting lady street girl streetwalker	She might scruple to make use of the words, but she must and did feel that her mother was a partial, ill-judging parent, a dawdle, a slattern, who neither taught nor restrained her children, whose house was the scene of mismanagement and discomfort from beginning to end, and who had no talent, no conversation, no affection towards herself; no curiosity to know her better, no desire of her friendship, and no inclination for her company that could lessen her sense of such feelings. Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context He thought of Cronshaw bound to a vulgar slattern, and he shuddered with dismay . Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context "Yes, sir, yes," said Bartle, rising, and taking off his spectacles, "I'll do that, I'll do that; though the mother's a whimpering thing--I don't like to come within earshot of her; however, she's a straight-backed, clean woman, none of your slatterns. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context	slate black slate blue Slate clay slate club Slate globe slate pencil Slate rocks slate roof Slate spar slate-black slate-blue Slate-color slate-colored junco slate-coloured Slate-gray slate-grey slated items Slater slatey slather slating Slatkin Slatt slatted Slatter slattern Slatternliness slatternly Slatterpouch Slatting slaty Slaty cleavage Slaty gneiss slaty-gray slaty-grey slaughter slaughterer slaughterhouse slaughterman Slaughterous Slav Slav. slave slave ant Slave catcher Slave Coast slave cylinder slave dealer slave driver Slave hunt slave labour	SLATFATS slather slathered slathering slathers SLATI slatier slatiest Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von Slatina Slatina (disambiguation) slating slating slating slating slating nail Slatino Slatkin Slatkin, Leonard SLATM slats slats slats SLATT SLATT Slätte Motionsklubb slatted slatted slatted floor Slatter slattern slatternliness slatternliness slatternly slatternly slatterns Slatterpouch Slattery, John slatting slatting Sláturfélag Suðurlands slaty slaty slaty Slaty cleavage Slaty cleavage Slaty gneiss slaty-gray slaty-grey Slau Slauerhoff, Jan Jacob slaughter slaughter slaughter slaughter slaughter age slaughter age slaughter age slaughter age slaughter disease control slaughter disease control

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blowzy
cocotte
Drabber
Drabble-tail
Draggle-tail
floozie
floozy
lady of pleasure
Mawk
Mawks
Slatternliness
slatternly
slovenly person
slovenly woman
slut
sluttishness
sporting lady
street girl
streetwalker

She might scruple to make use of the words, but she must and did feel that her mother was a partial, ill-judging parent, a dawdle, a slattern, who neither taught nor restrained her children, whose house was the scene of mismanagement and discomfort from beginning to end, and who had no talent, no conversation, no affection towards herself; no curiosity to know her better, no desire of her friendship, and no inclination for her company that could lessen her sense of such feelings.

Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context

He thought of Cronshaw bound to a vulgar slattern, and he shuddered with dismay .

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

"Yes, sir, yes," said Bartle, rising, and taking off his spectacles, "I'll do that, I'll do that; though the mother's a whimpering thing--I don't like to come within earshot of her; however, she's a straight-backed, clean woman, none of your slatterns.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

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