Meaning & use
slattern
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A woman who is habitually untidy, dirty, or slovenly in appearance or housekeeping.
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The old novel describes the innkeeper's wife as a slattern who never swept the floors.
Neighbors gossiped that she had let herself become a slattern after the divorce.
A note on using this word
An archaic and disparaging term, now rarely used outside of historical or literary contexts.
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