Slattern

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slattern \Slat"tern\, n.
     A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is
     not neat and nice.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Slattern \Slat"tern\, a.
     Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern
     air." --Gay.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slattern \Slat"tern\, v. t.
     To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
     [R.] --Chesterfield.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slattern
       n 1: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
            [syn: {streetwalker}, {street girl}, {hooker}, {hustler},
             {floozy}, {floozie}]
       2: a dirty untidy woman [syn: {slut}, {slovenly woman}, {trollop}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "slattern":
     baggage, bimbo, blowsy, crone, dowdy, drab, draggletailed,
     fallen woman, frowsy, frump, gammer, hag, harlot, hog, hooker,
     hussy, hustler, jade, litterbug, loose woman, pig, pro, prostitute,
     schlep, schlump, slob, sloven, slut, sordid, streetwalker,
     strumpet, swine, tart, traipse, tramp, trollop, trull, wanton,
     wench, whore, witch