What does slattern mean?
Definitions for slattern
ˈslæt ərnslat·tern
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Princeton's WordNet
streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slatternnoun
a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollopnoun
a dirty untidy woman
Wiktionary
slatternnoun
A slut.
slatternnoun
A dirty and untidy woman.
slatternnoun
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Slatternnoun
A woman negligent, not elegant or nice.
Etymology: slaetti, Swedish.
Without the raising of which sum,
You dare not be so troublesome
To pinch the slatterns black and blue,
For leaving you their work to do. Hudibras.We may always observe, that a gossip in politicks is a slattern in her family. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
The sallow skin is for the swarthy put,
And love can make a slattern of a slut. Dryden.Beneath the lamp her tawdry ribbans glare,
The new-scour’d manteau and the slattern air. John Gay.
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slattern
A slattern is typically a derogatory term used to describe a woman who is untidy, dirty, or lacks cleanliness, both in her personal hygiene and in maintaining her living space. It can also refer to a woman who is perceived as being morally loose or negligent. The term originated from Middle English and was traditionally used more in British English.
Webster Dictionary
Slatternnoun
a woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice
Slatternadjective
resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny
Slatternverb
to consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Slattern
slat′ėrn, n. a woman negligent of her dress: an untidy woman.—v.i. Slatt′er (prov.), to be untidy or slovenly.—n. Slatt′ernliness.—adj. Slatt′ernly, like a slattern: negligent of person: slovenly: dirty: sluttish.—adv. negligently: untidily.—adj. Slatt′ery (prov.) wet. [From slatter, a freq. of slat, to strike (q.v.).]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slattern in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slattern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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