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Word: Slattern
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: related to slattering ‘slovenly’, from dialect slatter ‘to spill, slop’, frequentative of slat ‘strike’, of unknown origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈslatn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a dirty, untidy woman
Short Definition:dirty, untidy woman
Examples:- a slattern, her lipstick awry
- here dwelt the drunks and the slatterns
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