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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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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 Miller, Marion Mills

In the other chair sat a young woman with fine dark eyes and glossy black hair, whose appearance would have been prepossessing had it not been spoiled by her slatternliness and cheap finery.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert

The slightest approach to slatternliness in costume, when all should be exquisitely trim from chevelure to chaussure, would be an abomination, and assuredly beget a most unpleasant impression on the susceptible feelings of the husband.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George

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 Harland, Marion