Definition of Slatter

1. v. i. To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.

Definition of Slatter

1. Verb. To be careless, negligent, or awkward, especially with regard to dress and neatness. ¹

2. Verb. To be wasteful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slatter

1. to be untidy [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slatter

slathering
slatherings
slathers
slatier
slatiest
slatily
slatiness
slatinesses
slating
slatings
slatko
slatless
slats
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slatted
slatter (current term)
slattered
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slatternliness
slatternly
slatterns
slatterpouch
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slattings
slatts
slaty
slaty-breasted tinamou

Literary usage of Slatter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cases in the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber [1834-1840]. by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, John Scott, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1835)
"It was agreed and arranged betwen the said Mary slatter, the demandant, and George slatter the younger, the tenant, that the business of the intestate ..."

2. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1913)
"Jon. Pickering promised to pay it. On 25 : 2 :1664, John Mason, for being drunk.* On 17 :3 :1664, John slatter, for striking Henry ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by Lewis Halsey Sandford, New York (State). Court of Chancery, Lewis Halsey Sandford, 1807-1852 (1847)
"slatter v. Carroll. jurisdiction within the 49th section. ... HH & SF slatter v. CARROLL and others. Where a resident of another state, owning lands here, ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"slatter v. NOTON. [ROLLS—1809, JULY 20, 26.] BEO.CEST of leasehold premises, " and all my estate term and interest therein." The interest, acquired under a ..."

5. Cases in the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber by John Scott, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1835)
"... out of, or against the said John slatter or his then present or future estate real or personal, and also of and from all claims and demands, ..."

6. Catalogue of the Archives in the Muniment Rooms of All Souls' College by Charles Trice Martin (1877)
"Of Hath Furlong and Bendalls to Mary and James slatter 1799. 17. ... 21. License to James slatter to let Hath Furlong and Bendalls 3 Nov. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Set-off, Recoupment, and Counter Claim by Thomas Whitney Waterman (1869)
"In the above case, the bill was filed by the administrator and administratrix of Wray against Martin, administrator of slatter, deceased, and Furniss. ..."

8. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1860)
"JOHN slatter contributed a paper ' On the Choice of Method, considered in ... Mr. slatter divides the subjects of instruction, as they present themselves in ..."

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