slattern

slat·tern

S0465600 (slăt′ərn)n. An untidy, dirty woman.

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[Perhaps from dialectal slattering, slovenly, present participle of dialectal slatter, to slop.]

slattern

(ˈslætən) na slovenly woman or girl; slut[C17: probably from slattering, from dialect slatter to slop; perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse sletta to slap] ˈslatternly adj ˈslatternliness n

slat•tern

(ˈslæt ərn)

n. 1. a slovenly, untidy woman. 2. a slut; harlot. [1630–40; perhaps akin to dial. slatter to splash, spill, of uncertain orig.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slattern - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streetsfloozie, floozy, hustler, street girl, streetwalker, hookerbawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
	2.	slattern - a dirty untidy woman slovenly woman, slut, trollopslob, sloven, slovenly person, pig - a coarse obnoxious person

slattern

nounA vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety:baggage, hussy, jade, slut, tart, tramp, wanton, wench, whore.Slang: floozy.

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