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In the manner of a slattern
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slatternliness
Word definitions for slatternliness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slatternliness \Slat"tern*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. in the manner of a slattern [syn: sluttishness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The condition of being slatternly, or of being a slattern
Usage examples of slatternliness.
I had thought it was just slatternliness, but walking slowly toward that dais I thought no, she does nothing by accident.
The number and appearance of the women employed is a good answer to those pessimists who maintain that the curse of the poorer Irish is the filthiness, laziness, and general slatternliness of the women.
The room in fact was as depressing from its slatternliness as from its atmosphere of erudition.