slat·tern (sl t  rn)n. An untidy, dirty woman. [Perhaps from dialectal slattering, slovenly, present participle of dialectal slatter, to slop.] |
slattern [ˈslætən]
n
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 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 |
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