slattern

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.

   The cruel neighbor called the untidy woman a slattern.

Dating from the 17th century; related to slattering (“slovenly”), from the dialectal verb slatter (“to slop, to spill”).

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