slatternly
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While Rebecca sees Mother Clarke as a “withered and slatternly old woman,” her neighbors perceive her as “cunning,” capable of making small charms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
The piece, in tender, gloomy detail, compares the slatternly home of the single mother, all struggle and chaos, to the orderly, promising, more affluent home of her boss, who is married.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2012
I could have done without Kelly Hotten’s slatternly, giggly Porter, an interlude of putative comic relief that instead brings proceedings to a dead halt.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2010
Their idyll ends when Emily's slatternly mother wants to send her to live with her father, and David conspires to hide her in a concealed cave.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2010
There was a strip of carpet on the floor, a picture or two on the walls, and a deep, slatternly armchair drawn up to the fireplace.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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