slattern (noun)
1slattern — ► NOUN dated ▪ a dirty, untidy woman. DERIVATIVES slatternly adjective. ORIGIN related to dialect slatter «to spill or slop», of unknown origin …
2slattern — noun /ˈslætɜːn/ a) A slut. 3. Cookery is familiar to her, with the price and quality of provisions; and she is a ready accountant. Her chief view, however, is to serve her mother and lighten her cares. She holds cleanliness and neetness to be… …
3slattern — noun (C) old fashioned a dirty untidy woman slatternly adjective …
4slattern — [ slat(ə)n] noun dated a dirty, untidy woman. Derivatives slatternliness noun slatternly adjective Origin C17: related to slattering slovenly , from dialect slatter to spill or slop …
5slattern — I. noun Etymology: probably from German schlottern to hang loosely, slouch; akin to Dutch slodderen to hang loosely, slodder slut Date: circa 1639 an untidy slovenly woman; also slut, prostitute II. adjective Date: 1684 slatternly …
6slattern — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sloven; slut, trollop. See uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trollop, whore, tramp, hussy, strumpet; see also prostitute . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts… …
7slattern — slat|tern [ slætərn ] noun count OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a woman who looks messy or dirty …
8slattern — /ˈslætn / (say slatn) noun a slovenly, untidy woman; a slut. {? compacted form of British dialect slattering, from slatter to slop} …
9slatternly — slattern ► NOUN dated ▪ a dirty, untidy woman. DERIVATIVES slatternly adjective. ORIGIN related to dialect slatter «to spill or slop», of unknown origin …
10street girl — noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets • Syn: ↑streetwalker, ↑hooker, ↑hustler, ↑floozy, ↑floozie, ↑slattern • Derivationally related forms: ↑slatternly ( …
