SLATTERN

n. a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

2.
a.

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air." Gay.

3.
v.

To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] Chesterfield.