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Definition of Slatterns
1. slattern [n] - See also: slattern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slatterns
Literary usage of Slatterns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Songs of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker (1886)
"Our wives behind counters, not saucy nor slatterns are ; For meekness, politeness,
and goodness, they patterns are; It would do your heart good, ..."
2. The Myrtle Wreath, Or, Stray Leaves Recalled by Anna Cummings Johnson (1854)
"A few literary women have been slatterns who would have just as surely been ...
But the slatterns who could not read or hold a pen, have not been counted, ..."
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