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slattered

slattered is the simple past and past participle of slatter.

Meaning of slatter

Verb

slatter (third-person singular simple present slatters, present participle slattering, simple past and past participle slattered)

  1. (intransitive) To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness.
  2. (intransitive) To be wasteful.
    • A ſoſſe-bangle; a ſluttiſh, ſlattering, lazy VVench, a ruſtic VVord, only uſed by the Vulgar.1768, J[ohn] Ray, “[A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used.] South and East Country Words.”, in A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs: […], 4th edition, London: […] W. Otridge, […]...

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Questions about slattered

What is slattered the simple past and past participle of?
Slattered is the simple past and past participle of slatter.

Words near slattered in the dictionary

  1. Slatons
  2. slats
  3. slatt
  4. slatted
  5. slatter
  6. slattered
  7. slattering
  8. slattern
  9. slattern away
  10. slatterned away
  11. slatterning away

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