slattern

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U.S.) ` slattern, '17th -- 18th centuries, now archaic. trollop [akin to trull] a "forbidden word" (Mencken). trull [fr. obs.

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  1. noun An untidy, dirty woman.

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  1. Perhaps from dialectal slattering, slovenly, present participle of dialectal slatter, to slop.

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  1. Prob. (with unorig. n as in bittern, or perhaps through the present participle slattering) from slatter, v.
  2. from slattern, n.; cf. slatter, v.
 

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/ˈslætərn/
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