slatternliness
- a word derived from slattern.
- a word derived from slatternly.
Example Sentences
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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
The room in fact was as depressing from its slatternliness as from its atmosphere of erudition.
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
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 Bennett, Arnold
If the truth is to be owned, Miss Stanbury gave the poor young woman no credit for her new simplicity, but put down the deficiency to the charge of domestic slatternliness.
From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
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)
