Slatternly

Slatternly women sat in the doorways and dirty children played in the filth of the streets.

Escape on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1963

Slatternly women, huddled round cellar doors; dirty children, half naked, playing in the muddy gutters, and hearing words that may never, never be written for you to read.

Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Fanny Fern

Slatternly women gossip in groups about the doorways.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various

Slatternly women quarrel at the doors, and horse-flesh is a staple article of diet.

The Grell Mystery Frank Froest

Slatternly slavey frock, soiled white apron, cap awry, large slippers tied on with string.

Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts Mark Ambient

Slatternly women and scared children bolted for their burrows.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Slatternly girls and women abounded, and little babies carried about by a little larger babies, and of course kissed on their successive layers of dirt.

Seven English Cities William Dean Howells 1878

Slatternly negro girls and women slouched along with pails deftly balanced on their heads, and joined the group and stared.

The Gilded Age, Part 1. Mark Twain 1872

Slatternly negro girls and women slouched along with pails deftly balanced on their heads, and joined the group and stared.

The Gilded Age A tale of today Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Slatternly Sall, and the first lieutenant, who was a 'ticular sort of a chap, never liked to see her on deck, for you see she put her hair in paper on New Year's day, and never changed it or took it out till the year came round again.

Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820