Slăt'tern1, n.
n. [See supra.] A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.
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n. [See supra.] A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.
v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; — with away. [Rare.] Chesterfield.
a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatternly. “The slattern air.” Gay.