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A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

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  1. n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.
  2. a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny.
  3. v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
  4. n. a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
  5. n. a dirty untidy woman
  6. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air." Gay. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] Chesterfield.
  7. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is notneat and nice.
  8. n. a dirty untidy woman