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Slattern

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slat⋅tern

  [slat-ern]
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–noun
1. a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
2. a slut; harlot.
Origin:
1630–40; perh. akin to dial. slatter to splash, spill < ?
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slat·tern   (slāt'ərn)   
n.  An untidy, dirty woman.

[Perhaps from dialectal slattering, slovenly, present participle of dialectal slatter, to slop.]
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slattern 
1639, "a rude, ill-bred woman," probably related to Low Ger. Slattje, Du. slodder, dialectal Sw. slata "slut" (in the older, non-sexual sense). Cf. dial. Eng. verb slatter "to spill or splash awkwardly, to waste," used of women or girls considered untidy or slovenly.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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