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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slattern /ˈslat(ə)n/

▶noun dated a dirty, untidy woman.

– derivatives
slatternliness noun,
slatternly adjective.

– origin C17: rel. to slattering ‘slovenly’, from dial. slatter ‘to spill or slop’.

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