slattern

slattern
noun /ˈslætɜːn/
a) A slut.

3. Cookery is familiar to her, with the price and quality of provisions; and she is a ready accountant. Her chief view, however, is to serve her mother and lighten her cares. She holds cleanliness and neetness to be indispensable in a woman; and that a slattern is disgusting, especially if beautiful.

b) A dirty and untidy woman.<ref name="COED-etym&def"/><ref name="M–W-hyph&def"/><ref name="WNS-defs">“[ slattern]” defined using WordNet Search – 3·0</ref>

[…] How many times I have heard a woman called a slattern, because she could not keep a house in order, when had she been allowed to write out her sublime thoughts, which were all in another direction, she would have astonished the world with her genius. Talk about women getting out of their sphere; can they do so any more than they are now. Look at the thousands of women who are not fit to be mothers, and yet are constantly bringing children into existence, children which will rise up to curse them for that very existence; and why is this? because society is forcing women into marriage, before they have any knowledge of what they are fitted for and what they might excel in. We want better wives, mothers and children, and before we can have this, we must have better women.


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  • Slattern — Slat tern, a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. The slattern air. Gay. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slattern — Slat tern, n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slattern — Slat tern, v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; with away. [R.] Chesterfield. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slattern — (n.) 1630s, a rude, ill bred woman, probably related to Low Ger. Slattje, Du. slodder, dialectal Swed. slata slut (in the older, non sexual sense). Cf. dialectal English verb slatter to spill or splash awkwardly, to waste, used of women or girls… …   Etymology dictionary

  • slattern — ► NOUN dated ▪ a dirty, untidy woman. DERIVATIVES slatternly adjective. ORIGIN related to dialect slatter «to spill or slop», of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • slattern — [slat′ərn] n. [< dial. slatter, to spill, slop < or akin to ON slattari, idler] 1. a woman who is careless and sloppy in her habits, appearance, work, etc. 2. a sexually promiscuous woman; slut …   English World dictionary

  • slattern — [[t]slæ̱tə(r)n[/t]] slatterns N COUNT (disapproval) A slattern is a dirty untidy woman. [OLD FASHIONED] …   English dictionary

  • slattern — I. noun Etymology: probably from German schlottern to hang loosely, slouch; akin to Dutch slodderen to hang loosely, slodder slut Date: circa 1639 an untidy slovenly woman; also slut, prostitute II. adjective Date: 1684 slatternly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • slattern — /slat euhrn/, n. 1. a slovenly, untidy woman or girl. 2. a slut; harlot. [1630 40; perh. akin to dial. slatter to splash, spill < ?] * * * …   Universalium

  • slattern — Synonyms and related words: baggage, bimbo, blowsy, crone, dowdy, drab, draggletailed, fallen woman, frowsy, frump, gammer, hag, harlot, hog, hooker, hussy, hustler, jade, litterbug, loose woman, pig, pro, prostitute, schlep, schlump, slob,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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