slatterns

Noun

slattern (plural slatterns)

1. (derogatory) A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman.

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   NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., 304, alley cat, alleycat, amorette, amoret, amorosa, article, Athanasian wench, blowsabella

2. (dated) One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.
   • 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...1809, Noah Webster, Esq., An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth, to Which are Prefixed Rules in Elocution and...

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   moggy