slattern
Word family verbslatternounslatternlinessslatternadjectiveslatternlyslattery
slat·tern /ˈslætən $ -ərn/ noun [countableC] old-fashioned —slatternly adjectiveadj
slattern• Anyway, the stranger was about to leave when a slattern dropped a tankard.• A slattern brought his own meal, a thickly spiced bowl of soup.• A slattern, evidently his wife, looked on fearfully.• Two days later I was in the taproom of Le Coq d'Or, the slattern beside me half drunk. Origin slattern (1600-1700) Probably from German schlottern “to hang loosely”