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They are not very cleanly in their houses, and but sluttish in dressing their meat.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

She had not troubled to dress herself, but wore a dirty dressing-gown, and her hair was tied in a sluttish knot.

From The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

The apartments through which I passed had the same air of departed gentility and sluttish housekeeping.

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington

In half-an-hour's time a sluttish meal was prepared for them, and whilst they were satisfying their hunger, the door opened to admit Mrs. Peachey.

From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George

He was ugly and laughably disfigured with the small-pox; and while nature had been so niggardly with him from the first, his personal habits were even sluttish.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis