Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be careless of dress and dirty; be slovenly.
- To be wasteful or improvident.
- To waste, or fail to make a proper use of; spill or lose carelessly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To be careless, negligent, or awkward, especially with regard to dress and neatness.
- verb To be wasteful.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“What do those deserve, who deliberately utter falsehoods,” continued the Monk, “who deceive, and slatter young men to their destruction?”
The Italian 2004
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I can't just subject my defence force to open slatter by these criminals.
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A little girl who was visiting Mr. Storrs said: “It would never do for Mr. Greeley to go to Congress, he would make such a slitter-slatter of the place.”
Memories and Anecdotes Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917 1915
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A little girl who was visiting Mr. Storrs said: "It would never do for Mr. Greeley to go to Congress, he would make such a slitter-slatter of the place."
Memories and Anecdotes Kate Sanborn 1878
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I'm in digg frontpage ... again ... and again ... and again! the next frame features a slatter of blooddd! omg its blood everywhere!!!
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I'm in digg frontpage ... again ... and again ... and again! the next frame features a slatter of blooddd! omg its blood everywhere!!!
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Ceylon’salmost time-lapse shots of falling faces and collapsing moods have aneorealist patience that’s seldom seen anymore, even in neorealism’slatter-day descendents.
On the Scene at the Toronto Film Festival: 'Barley,' Bong, and Borat | EW.com 2006
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The work she got out o 'them slatter-heels of girls is a God's wonder. "
Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hamlin Garland 1900
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