slattern
noun
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
slatternliness
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a word derived from
slattern.
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a word derived from
slatternly.
slatternlyadjectiveslovenly and untidy.
Example Sentences
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It was opened by a young person with her hair dressed in the prevailing fashion, and an air of some gentility, which clashed a little with a certain slatternliness that pervaded her attire.
From Fenton's Quest by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
He who descries signs of slatternliness in his beloved prior to that date, may well be shocked to disillusionment.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Marion Harland
Nothing gives an impression of slatternliness more than the wearing about the house of a frayed and soiled garment "that has seen better days."
From Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife by Marion Mills Miller
Despite the special muslin of that day she had traces of the slatternliness of which Mrs. Baines had never been able to cure her.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
They maintained that it resembled the fat servant-girl with a long neck, who a short time ago had been dismissed on account of her slatternliness, and they called it, after her, "Black Susy."
From Dame Care by Bertha Overbeck
