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Definition of Slattern
1. Noun. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
Generic synonyms: Bawd, Cocotte, Cyprian, Fancy Woman, Harlot, Lady Of Pleasure, Prostitute, Sporting Lady, Tart, Whore, Woman Of The Street, Working Girl
Derivative terms: Hustle, Slatternly, Streetwalk
2. Noun. A dirty untidy woman.
Generic synonyms: Pig, Slob, Sloven, Slovenly Person
Derivative terms: Slatternly
Definition of Slattern
1. n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.
2. a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny.
3. v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
Definition of Slattern
1. Noun. A slut. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A dirty and untidy woman.“[ slattern]” defined using '''WordNet Search – 3·0''' ¹
3. Noun. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slattern
1. a slovenly woman [n -S]
Medical Definition of Slattern
1. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slattern
Literary usage of Slattern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Constantly an imprecation, and interjection. DAWDY. A slattern. North. DA WE.
(1) Down. ... A slattern. North. DAWGY. Soft ; flabby. Yorksh. DAWIE. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"slattern, an untidy woman. (Scand.) From prov. E. slatter, to waste, to 1« untidy,
... See also slattern, Sleet. Slay (2) ; see under Slay (I). ..."
3. On Bandaging, and Other Operations of Minor Surgery: Enthaltend die by Fitzwilliam Sargent, Constant von Wurzbach (1886)
"... dédiées à M. Brillon Dupe- ron". golge oon 12 slattern. 9ir. ... Don 0
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